Celebration (Walter Janes)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-10).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The Bass Viol accompaniment and the coda eliminated. Another pair of stanzas included, selected from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Celebration
Composer: Walter Janes
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: SacredAnthem

Language: English
Instruments: String ensemble

Published: 1807

Description: First published in The Harmonic Minstrelsey, 1807, pp. 50-51, scored for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass, accompanied by Bass Viol, with a three-measure coda for four-part string orchestra. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 148, Part 2, in twelve stanzas.

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