Decay (Stephen Jenks)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Music files
| ICON | SOURCE |
|---|---|
 |
File details |
 |
Help |
- (Posted 2016-04-03) CPDL #39175:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-03). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 74 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The last stanza of Watts' paraphrase included.
General Information
Title: Decay
First Line: My days are as the grass
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: First published in The Delights of Harmony - Norfolk Compiler, 1805. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 103, Part 2, in eight stanzas. Jenks used the seventh stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 103.