Beneficence (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2014-07-06)  CPDL #32390:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-06).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 40 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval-note edition.

• (Posted 2014-07-06)  CPDL #32391:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-06).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 40 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Beneficence
First Line: That man is blest who stands in awe
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Tate and Brady^{create page} (from A new version of the psalms of David)

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in The Suffolk Harmony, p. 10-12
Description: This setting of Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady's metrical version of Psalm 112 was first published on pp10-12 of William Billings' The Suffolk Harmony, Boston: 1786, where it is headed 'Beneficence. Suitable for a Charity meeting. Words T.B.'. Hymn Tune Index tune number 4678.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 112.