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==Music files==
==Music files==
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* {{CPDLno|33122}} [[Media:BrookfieldBillings1778b.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BrookfieldBillings1778b.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:BrookfieldBillings1778b.mscz|{{Muse}}]]
*{{PostedDate|2014-10-12}} {{CPDLno|33122}} [[Media:BrookfieldBillings1778b.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BrookfieldBillings1778b.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:BrookfieldBillings1778b.mscz|{{Muse}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2014-10-12}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 in (landscape)|1|45}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2014-10-12}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 in (landscape)|1|45}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Words as in Billings (1778), by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 1 of Book 3, 1709. Note shapes added (4-shape). Revised 2019-05-01.  
:{{EdNotes|Words as in Billings (1778), by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 1 of Book 3, 1709. Note shapes added (4-shape). Revised 2019-05-01.}}


*{{CPDLno|18303}} [[Media:Brookfield.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Brookfield.mid|{{mid}}]]  
*{{PostedDate|2008-11-16}} {{CPDLno|18303}} [[Media:Brookfield.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Brookfield.mid|{{mid}}]]
{{Editor|Tim Henderson|2008-11-16}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|281}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|Tim Henderson|2008-11-16}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|281}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Version taken from "The Easy Instructor" 1810 where the text given is Isaac Watts [[Psalm 143]] "Look down in pity, Lord, and see". Billings text in The Singing Master's Assistant (1778) was "'Twas on that dark, that doleful night," (also by Watts, Hymns Book 3)
:{{EdNotes|Version taken from "The Easy Instructor" 1810 where the text given is Isaac Watts [[Psalm 143]] "Look down in pity, Lord, and see". Billings text in The Singing Master's Assistant (1778) was "'Twas on that dark, that doleful night," (also by Watts, Hymns Book 3)}}


==General Information==
==General Information==
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{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Pub|1|1770|in ''[[The New-England Psalm-Singer (William Billings)|The New-England Psalm-Singer]]'', revised in ''[[The Singing Master's Assistant (William Billings)|The Singing Master's Assistant]]'', {{PubRev|1778}}.}}
{{Pub|1|1770|in ''[[The New-England Psalm-Singer (William Billings)|The New-England Psalm-Singer]]''}}
 
{{Pub|2|1778|in ''[[The Singing Master's Assistant (William Billings)|The Singing Master's Assistant]]'', {{PubRev|1778}}.}}
'''Description:''' First published as music only in 1770, revised by Billings with words in 1778 ("Twas on that dark, that doleful night"), reprinted in the fourth (or fifth) edition of "The Easy Instructor" in 1810 with different words ("Look down in pity, Lord, and see"). ("The Easy Instructor" was reportedly the first book (1801) to use a four-shape note format.)  
{{Pub|3|1803|in ''[[The Easy Instructor]]''|vol=Edition 1.2}}
 
{{Descr|First published as music only in 1770, revised by Billings with words in 1778 ("Twas on that dark, that doleful night"), reprinted in the fourth (or fifth) edition of ''The Easy Instructor'' in 1810 with different words ("Look down in pity, Lord, and see"). (''The Easy Instructor'' was reportedly the first book (1801 and after) to use a four-shape note format.)}}
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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{LinkText|2|Twas on that dark, that doleful night|Psalm 143}}
{{LinkText|2|Twas on that dark, that doleful night|Psalm 143}}



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  • (Posted 2014-10-12)  CPDL #33122:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-10-12).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Words as in Billings (1778), by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 1 of Book 3, 1709. Note shapes added (4-shape). Revised 2019-05-01.
  • (Posted 2008-11-16)  CPDL #18303:     
Editor: Tim Henderson (submitted 2008-11-16).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 281 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Version taken from "The Easy Instructor" 1810 where the text given is Isaac Watts Psalm 143 "Look down in pity, Lord, and see". Billings text in The Singing Master's Assistant (1778) was "'Twas on that dark, that doleful night," (also by Watts, Hymns Book 3)

General Information

Title: Brookfield
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredPsalm-tune

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer
    2nd published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant,  1778
    3rd published: 1803 in The Easy Instructor, Edition 1.2
Description: First published as music only in 1770, revised by Billings with words in 1778 ("Twas on that dark, that doleful night"), reprinted in the fourth (or fifth) edition of The Easy Instructor in 1810 with different words ("Look down in pity, Lord, and see"). (The Easy Instructor was reportedly the first book (1801 and after) to use a four-shape note format.)

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Twas on that dark, that doleful night and Psalm 143.