Pumpily (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2014-12-28)  CPDL #33902:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-28).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 34 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note format. Version of 1778, transcribed from The Singing-Master's Assistant.

• (Posted 2014-12-28)  CPDL #33903:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-28).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Version of 1778, transcribed from The Singing-Master's Assistant.

General Information

Title: Pumpily
First Line: Ye boundless realms of joy
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Tate and Brady^{create page}

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 66. 66. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer, revised in The Singing Master's Assistant,  1778
Description: First published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770; revised considerably in 1778, changing the rhythm - 3/2 to cut time. Words equivocally specified in 1770, explicit in 1778: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698, New Version, paraphrase of Psalm 148.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 148.