Confession (Stephen Jenks)

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• (Posted 2016-03-28)  CPDL #39048:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-03-28).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 97 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Another triad of stanzas from Watts' paraphrase included.

• (Posted 2016-03-28)  CPDL #39047:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-03-28).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 110 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another triad of stanzas from Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Confession
First Line: Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in The American Compiler; revised by Jenks in 1805
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 51, Part 2, in seven stanzas. Jenks used the first three stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 51.