Lewis-Town (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-12-08). Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 114 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Lewis-Town
Composer: William Billings
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1794
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. 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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