Amherst (William Billings)
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- CPDL #32825:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-31). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 31 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- CPDL #32826:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-31). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 37 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Amherst
Composer: William Billings
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady (from A new version of the psalms of David)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 66. 88
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. –1778
Description: Music first published 1770 without words, published again in 1778 with words. Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698 ("New Version"), their paraphrase of Psalm 136. Transcribed from The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778.
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Original text and translations
English text
To God the mighty Lord,
Your joyful thanks repeat.
To Him due praise afford
As good as He is great;
For God does prove
Oar constant friend,
His boundless love
Shall never end.
By his Almighty Hand
Amazing Works are wrought;
The Heavens by his command
Were to perfection brought.
He spread the oceans round
About the spacious Land;
And made the rising ground
Above the waters stand.
Through heaven he did display
His numerous hosts of light:
The Sun to rule by day,
The moon and stars by night.
He in our depth of woe
On us with favor thought,
And from our cruel foes
In peace and safety brought.
He does the food supply
On which all creatures live:
To God who reigns on high
Eternal praises give.