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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Bethlehem (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)''<br>
{{Title|''Bethlehem''}}
'''Composer:''' [[William Billings]]<br>
{{FirstLine| While shepherds watched their flocks by night}}
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{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|Nahum Tate}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
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'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[Carols]] <br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Carols}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
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{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:'''  
{{Pub|1|1778|in ''[[The Singing Master's Assistant (William Billings)|The Singing Master's Assistant]]''}}


'''Description:'''  
'''Description:''' This setting was first published on pp69-70 of William Billings' ''The Singing Master's Assistant'', Boston: 1778. ''Hymn Tune Index'' tune number 4002a.


'''External websites:'''  
The same text was previously set to a different tune by Billings, 'An Hymn for Christmas or Charlston', on p15 of his collection ''The New-England Psalm-Singer'', Boston: (1770).
 
'''External websites:'''


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
{{LinkText|While shepherds watched their flocks by night}}
{{Text|English}}
 
 
:::''1.''
:While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
:All seated on the ground,
:The angel of the Lord came down,
:And glory shone around,
:And glory shone around.
 
:::''2.''
:“Fear not!” said he, for mighty dread
:Had seized their troubled mind.
:“Glad tidings of great joy I bring
:To you and all mankind
:To you and all mankind.
 
:::''3.''
:“To you, in David’s town, this day
:Is born of David’s line
:A Savior, who is Christ the Lord,
:And this shall be the sign,
:And this shall be the sign.
 
:::''4.''
:“The heavenly Babe you there shall find
:To human view displayed,
:All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
:And in a manger laid,
:And in a manger laid."
 
:::''5.''
:Thus spake the seraph and forthwith
:Appeared a shining throng
:Of angels praising God on high,
:Who thus addressed their song,
:Who thus addressed their song:
 
:::''6.''
:“All glory be to God on high,
:And to the Earth be peace;
:Good will henceforth from Heaven to men
:Begin and never cease,
:Begin and never cease!”
 
 


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[[Category:Christmas]]
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  • (Posted 2017-08-20)  CPDL #45993:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-08-20).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
  • (Posted 2012-01-03)  CPDL #25269:         
Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2012-01-03).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Only 1st verse in original print and in this edition.
  • (Posted 2000-11-27)  CPDL #01786:  Network.png
Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27).   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Bethlehem
First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Nahum Tate

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredCarol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant

Description: This setting was first published on pp69-70 of William Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant, Boston: 1778. Hymn Tune Index tune number 4002a.

The same text was previously set to a different tune by Billings, 'An Hymn for Christmas or Charlston', on p15 of his collection The New-England Psalm-Singer, Boston: (1770).

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night.