Watts only wrote one hymn? (Bizarre search results)

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Fri, 07/15/2011 - 17:42 — Haruo

I'm looking for the provenance of a tune that Alice Parker's Melodious Grace Hymnal attributes to Isaac Watts. (#99; the tune name is given as Doxology, and the text is "O for a shout of sacred joy".)

I go to hymnary.org and type "Watts" in the search engine under the Person Name field. It returns eleven hits. I click on the one I think I'm looking for, and check "Pre-1979". The engine grinds away and finally returns this:

People › [Isaac Watts, 1674-1748] › Texts
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TEXTS TUNES HYMNALS PRODUCTS
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Hymn Texts by Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 As Text Audio Score Info Products
Descend from heaven, immortal Dove Watts Text Info

... which strikes me as even more ludicrous than the notion that Watts composed the tune I'm reading up on.

Did I make some obvious error, or is this a glitch in the new search engine, or what?

Haruo


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Wed, 07/20/2011 - 08:41 — dianneshapiro

The search seems to work correctly now. A search for "Watts" returns "Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748" along with other people with Watts or Watt in their name. Names in brackets are people that have been set up incorrectly by volunteers. [Isaac Watts, 1674-1748] may have gotten fixed after your search.

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