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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2015-12-08}} {{CPDLno|37791}} [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794bpr.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]]  
*{{PostedDate|2015-12-08}} {{CPDLno|37791}} [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794bpr.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-12-08}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|107}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-12-08}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|107}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Oval note edition. One small edit, otherwise as written in 1794. {{MXL}}
:{{EdNotes|Oval note edition. One small edit, otherwise as written in 1794.}}


*{{PostedDate|2015-12-08}} {{CPDLno|37790}} [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794a.pdf|{{pdf}}]]  
*{{PostedDate|2015-12-08}} {{CPDLno|37790}} [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:LewisTownBillings1794a.mxl|{{XML}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-12-08}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|2|114}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-12-08}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|2|114}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape).
:{{EdNotes|Note shapes added (4-shape).}}


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Lewis-Town''<br>
{{Title|''Lewis-Town''}}
'''First Line:''' How vast must their advantage be<br>
{{FirstLine| How vast must their advantage be}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|3|Nahum Tate|Nicholas Brady|Isaac Watts}}
{{Lyricist|3|Nahum Tate|Nicholas Brady|Isaac Watts}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} &nbsp; {{meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} &nbsp; {{Meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Published|1794}}
{{Pub|1|1794|in ''[[The Continental Harmony (William Billings)|The Continental Harmony]]''}}, pp. 198-199.}}
 
{{Descr|Words from two paraphrases of Psalm 133: [[Nahum Tate]] and [[Nicholas Brady]], 1698; and [[Isaac Watts]], 1719 (first version). Billings' first stanza is Tate and Brady's stanza 1; Billings' second stanza is Watts' fourth stanza, slightly modified; Billings' third stanza is Watts' third stanza.}}
'''Description:''' First published in ''The Continental Harmony'', 1794, pp. 198-199. Words from two paraphrases of Psalm 133: [[Nahum Tate]] and [[Nicholas Brady]], 1698; and [[Isaac Watts]], 1719 (first version). Billings' first stanza is Tate and Brady's stanza 1; Billings' second stanza is Watts' fourth stanza, slightly modified; Billings' third stanza is Watts' third stanza.  
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'''External websites:'''
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{LinkText|Psalm 133}}
{{LinkText|Psalm 133}}

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  • (Posted 2015-12-08)  CPDL #37791:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-12-08).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 107 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. One small edit, otherwise as written in 1794.
  • (Posted 2015-12-08)  CPDL #37790:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-12-08).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 114 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Lewis-Town
First Line: How vast must their advantage be
Composer: William Billings
Lyricists: Nahum Tate, Nicholas Brady and Isaac Watts

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1794 in The Continental Harmony
, pp. 198-199.}} Description: Words from two paraphrases of Psalm 133: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698; and Isaac Watts, 1719 (first version). Billings' first stanza is Tate and Brady's stanza 1; Billings' second stanza is Watts' fourth stanza, slightly modified; Billings' third stanza is Watts' third stanza.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 133.