Majesty (Stephen Jenks)

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• (Posted 2017-11-29)  CPDL #47766:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-29).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 49 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

• (Posted 2017-11-29)  CPDL #47765:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Majesty
First Line: When God, our leader, shines in arms
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1799 in The New England Harmonist
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 18, the second Part 1, with eight stanzas. Jenks used the third and fourth stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 18.