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- Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2014-04-21). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 25 kB Copyright: CC BY
- Edition notes: Includes piano reduction added by the editor.
- Editor: Michael Lauer (submitted 2012-02-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 77.5 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Jargon
Composer: William Billings
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong Meter: 87. 87
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
Description: The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778. Something of a musical joke by Billings, written in response to critics who accused him of breaking too many compositional rules.
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Original text and translations
English text
Let horrid Jargon fill the Air
And rive the Nerves asunder.
Let hateful Discord greet the Ear
As terrible as Thunder.