Plainfield (Alexander Gillet)

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• (Posted 2018-04-12)  CPDL #49308:       

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.

• (Posted 2018-04-12)  CPDL #49307:   

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.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 51.