Scituate (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2014-12-24)  CPDL #33831:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-24).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 32 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. I chose lyrics from Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 146 of Book 2.

• (Posted 2014-12-24)  CPDL #33832:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). I chose lyrics from Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 146 of Book 2.

General Information

Title: Scituate
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer, p. 9
Description: In 1770, without any indication of lyrics, meter L. M. (88.88). Kroeger (1981) chose Isaac Watts' Hymn 116 of Book 1, which begins Thus saith the first, the great command.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Man has a soul of vast desires and Thus saith the first, the great command.