Framingham (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2014-06-29)  CPDL #32356:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-06-29).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 41 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

• (Posted 2007-12-13)  CPDL #15660: 

Editor: Michael Lauer (submitted 2007-12-13).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Framingham
First Line: Shall wisdom cry aloud
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1779 in Music in Miniature, no. 1
Description: First published in Music In Miniature, 1779, p. 3; revised in The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, 1781, pp. 4-5. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his Hymn 92 of Book 1, but Billings has substituted "Son" for "Word."

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Shall wisdom cry aloud.