Waltham (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2014-08-02)  CPDL #32579:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-02).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 33 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: 1778, Words by Isaac Watts. First line: My Savior and my king. Oval-note edition.

• (Posted 2014-08-02)  CPDL #32580:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-02).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 33 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: 1778, Words by Isaac Watts. First line: My Savior and my king. Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Waltham
Lyricist: Isaac Watts Composer: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer
    2nd published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
    3rd published: 1779 in Music in Miniature, no. 22
Description:  Tune composed 1770, with words To Thee I made my cry by Perez Morton (see Kroeger 1981). Tune revised 1778, with words My Savior and my king by Isaac Watts.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 45.