Petersburgh (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2016-08-29)  CPDL #40952:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn.

• (Posted 2014-08-30)  CPDL #32821:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-30).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 47 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn. Re-formatted 2016-08-28.

General Information

Title: Petersburgh
First Line: Thus saith the high and lofty one
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in The Suffolk Harmony
Description: Transcribed from Suffolk Harmony, 1786. Words by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 87 of Book 1, based on Isaiah 47:15-16, with five stanzas. Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Thus saith the high and lofty one.