Walpole (Abraham Wood)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-06).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 78 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas from Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: Walpole
First Line: O, if my soul was formed for woe
Composer: Abraham Wood
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in The Worcester Collection, 1786. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 106 of Book 2, in five stanzas. Wood used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at O, if my soul were formed for woe.