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

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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. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (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
{{FirstLine| 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

{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.

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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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 133.