Phoebus (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-01-21)  CPDL #34373:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-21).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

• (Posted 2015-01-21)  CPDL #34374:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-21).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 81 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Phoebus
First Line: Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
Description: First published in The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778, pp. 39-40. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 5. Watts' poem has eight stanzas, each 86. 86. (Common Meter); Billings doubles these, two stanzas of poem to one of music.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 5.