Extollation (Walter Janes)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-25).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 44 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: 1803 version. Note shapes added. Five more pairs of stanzas included from Isaac Watts' paraphrase of Psalm 148, Part 2.

General Information

Title: Extollation
Composer: Walter Janes
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1803

Description: First published in The Massachusetts Harmony, 1803, pp. 46-47. Considerably revised by Janes in 1807. Words in 1803 from Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 148, Part 2, with twelve stanzas (Janes used the first two). Words in 1807 from Anne Steele, 1760, entitled Praise, with six stanzas (Janes used stanzas three and four).

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