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- 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. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- 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.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 84.