Plainfield (Alexander Gillet)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-04-12). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 88 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Top staff ("Air") switched with third staff. Two more pairs of stanza included from Watts' paraphrase.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-04-12). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Top staff ("Air") switched with third staff. Two more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Plainfield
First Line: Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive
Composer: Alexander Gillet
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1796 in Andrew Law's The Christian Harmony, pp. 38-39
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of psalm 51, Part 1, with six stanzas. Gillet used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 51.