New Springfield (Nathaniel Billings)

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  • (Posted 2021-11-05)  CPDL #66552:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-05).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Converted to two staffs, SA-TB: 1793 Tenor becomes Soprano, Counter becomes Alto, Treble becomes Tenor, and Bass remains Bass. All five stanzas of Watts' hymn included.
  • (Posted 2021-11-05)  CPDL #66551:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-05).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1793. Transcribed from Stone and Wood's The Columbian Harmony, 1793. All five stanzas of Watts' hymn included.
  • (Posted 2021-11-05)  CPDL #66550:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-05).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from Stone and Wood's The Columbian Harmony, 1793. All five stanzas of Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: New Springfield
First Line: Come, let us join our cheerful songs
Composer: Nathaniel Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in Stone and Wood's The Columbian Harmony
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1707, Hymn 62 of Book 1, with five stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Come, let us join our cheerful songs.