Sovereignty (Philo Sherman)
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- (Posted 2025-10-23) CPDL #87208:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2025-10-23). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 51 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Musical Medley, 1808. Two more stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added. Note heads replaced with four-shape heads.
General Information
Title: Sovereignty
First Line: The Lord Jehovah reigns, and royal
Composer: Philo Sherman
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TrCtTB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 668. 668
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1808 in The Musical Medley, no. 6
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 93, with five stanzas. Sherman used the first stanza in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 93.