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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' '' | '''Title:''' ''While shepherds watched their flocks by night''<br> | ||
{{Composer|William Billings}} | {{Composer|William Billings}} | ||
'''Tune:''' ''Bethlehem''<br> | |||
{{Lyricist|Nahum Tate}} | {{Lyricist|Nahum Tate}} | ||
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{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
'''Published:''' | '''Published:''' 1778 | ||
'''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. | ||
The same text wasa 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:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
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- CPDL #25269:
[ Capella]
- 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
- CPDL #01786:
- Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Bethlehem
Lyricist: Nahum Tate
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1778
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 wasa 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.