Brunswick (William Billings)

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CPDL #32566:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif  
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-30).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 38 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval-note edition.
CPDL #32567:  Icon_pdf.gif 
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-30).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 39 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Brunswick
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1778

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, adaptation of Psalm 2.

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

Why did the nations join to slay
The Lord's anointed Son?
Why did they cast his laws away,
And tread his gospel down?

The Lord, that sits above the skies,
Derides their rage below;
He speaks with vengeance in his eyes,
And strikes their spirits through.

"I call him my Eternal Son,
And raise him from the dead;
I make my holy hill his throne,
And wide his kingdom spread."