Venus (Elijah Griswold)

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• (Posted 2016-02-27)  CPDL #38709:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-02-27).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. This edition transcribed from The American Compiler, 1803. Two more pairs of stanzas included, selected from Watts' paraphrase.

• (Posted 2016-02-27)  CPDL #38708:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-02-27).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 65 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). This edition transcribed from The American Compiler, 1803. Two more pairs of stanzas included, selected from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Venus
First Line: Let every creature join
Composer: Elijah Griswold
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in Jacob French's The Psalmodist's Companion
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 148, with sixteen stanzas. Griswold 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.