Torringford (Alexander Gillet)

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• (Posted 2019-12-06)  CPDL #56184:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-12-06).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other pair of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Torringford
First Line: Joy to the world! The Lord is come
Composer: Alexander Gillet
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1795 in The New York Collection of Sacred Harmony
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 98, Part 2, with four 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 98.