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'''Title:''' ''Bethlehem''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Bethlehem''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine| While shepherds watched their flocks by night | {{FirstLine| While shepherds watched their flocks by night}} | ||
{{Composer|William Billings}} | {{Composer|William Billings}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Nahum Tate}} | {{Lyricist|Nahum Tate}} |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-08-20). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 48 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2012-01-03). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 69 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Only 1st verse in original print and in this edition. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Bethlehem
First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Nahum Tate
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: This setting was first published on pp69-70 of William Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant, Boston: 1778. Hymn Tune Index tune number 4002a.
The same text was previously set to a different tune by Billings, 'An Hymn for Christmas or Charlston', on p15 of his collection The New-England Psalm-Singer, Boston: (1770).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night.