Supplication (Jacob French)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-02-04). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: As written in 1789. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Supplication
First Line: Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive
Composer: Jacob French
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Published in The New American Melody, 1789, pp. 45-48. This tune changes key frequently.}}
Description. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 51, Part 1, with six stanzas. French used five of Watts' stanzas (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 51.