Salem (Stephen Jenks)

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• (Posted 2017-12-01)  CPDL #47813:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-12-01).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1799. Three more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

• (Posted 2017-12-01)  CPDL #47811:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-12-01).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 73 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Salem
First Line: Let every creature join
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1799 in The New England Harmonist
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 148, Part 3, with sixteen stanzas. Jenks has used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 148.