Morning Song (Nathaniel Billings)

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• (Posted 2018-11-24)  CPDL #52367:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-11-24).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 101 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Several note values corrected. Files corrected to proper composer 2021-11-02.

General Information

Title: Morning Song
First Line: God of the morning, at whose voice
Composer: Nathaniel Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1802 in Harmony of Harmony, pp. 77-80
Description: Once thought to be composed by Jacob French, research indicates it's by Nathaniel Billings. Tune varies between F Major and F minor. Words by Isaac Watts, 1707, Hymn 79 of Book 1, with six stanzas. Billings used all six stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at God of the morning, at whose voice.