New North (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-01-24)  CPDL #34401:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-24).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

• (Posted 2015-01-24)  CPDL #34402:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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

General Information

Title: New North
First Line: O praise the Lord with one consent
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Tate and Brady^{create page}

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer
    2nd published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant, no. 60
Description: Published first in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 69, without any indication of lyrics. Revised by Billings in 1778, with lyrics added by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, New Version, 1698, paraphrase of Psalm 135. In a later manuscript, Billings took the simple tune of "New North" and expanded and improved it; he titled it Dartmouth.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 135.