Solitude (Walter Janes)
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- (Posted 2016-07-19) CPDL #40416:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-19). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 68 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Eight more stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.
- (Posted 2016-07-19) CPDL #40415:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-19). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 75 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Eight more stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Solitude
First Line: As on some lonely building's top
Composer: Walter Janes
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1803 in The Massachusetts Harmony, p. 37
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 102, Part 1, in twelve stanzas. Janes used the fourth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 102.