Wintonbury (Stephen Jenks)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-04). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. All five stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-04). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 66 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All five stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Wintonbury
First Line: Alas, the brittle clay
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The American Compiler, 1803, p. 56. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 90, in five stanzas. Jenks used the second stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.