Adams (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2016-08-19)  CPDL #40829:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.

• (Posted 2016-08-19)  CPDL #40828:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-19).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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

General Information

Title: Adams
First Line: To spend one sacred day
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 66. 66. 88 (actually 66. 66. 44. 44.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1794 in The Continental Harmony, p. 153
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 84, Part 4, with seven stanzas. Billings used the fifth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 84.