Exaltation (Walter Janes)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-08). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 72 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Three more stanzas included, selected from Watts' paraphrase. Midi file 2 is with brass choir. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-08). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 83 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more stanzas included, selected from Watts' paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Exaltation
First Line: Now shall my head be lifted high
Composer: Walter Janes
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Harmonic Minstrelsey, 1807, p. 24. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 27, Part 1, in five stanzas. Janes used the fifth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 27.