Despondency
( Oft have I sat in secret sighs ; But I forbid my sorrows now ; My cheerful soul now all the day ; Faith almost changes into sight ; Had but the prison walls be strong ; But now the everlasting hills ; The shines of heav'n rush sweetly in ; O may these walls stand tott'ring still ; O rather let this flesh decay )
Janes, Walter (1779-1827) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Broude Brothers Ltd.
[USA]
, 1974
; in Western Wind American tune-book : Vocal music of the Revolutionary and Federal Era
(276 p.)
Number of pages :
3
Editor or author of the restitution:
Bennett, Lawrence
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
ISMN/ISBN :
0845000764
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
19th century
(1800-1849)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Anthem ; Hymn (sacred)
Mood of the piece:
meditative
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
A
Tonality:
G minor
Duration:
8.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Funeral service
Number of verses:
9
Musicological Sources:
This edition based on the version in Janes's Harmonic minstrelsy (Dedham, Mass., 1807)
Source of text:
Text from Isaac Watt's Horae lyricae.
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
M2081.W523 B7 (1 copies)