Duxborough (William Billings): Difference between revisions
(Work page updated with new work entry) |
(Details for CPDL 76100) |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
{{#Legend:}} | {{#Legend:}} | ||
*{{PostedDate|2023-10-06}} {{CPDLno|76100}} [[Media:NewHavenDuxbBillings1781a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:NewHavenDuxbBillings1781a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:NewHavenDuxbBillings1781a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2023-10-06}} {{CPDLno|76100}} [[Media:NewHavenDuxbBillings1781a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:NewHavenDuxbBillings1781a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:NewHavenDuxbBillings1781a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:NewHavenDuxbBillings1781a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2023-10-06}}{{ScoreInfo| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2023-10-06}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|52}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
:{{EdNotes|Transcribed from ''The Waterhouse Manuscript'', copied by [[Susanna Heath]] March 17, 1781. This is a later revision of Duxborough (Billings 1770, 1778, 1779) with improved harmony, a better key (f#), and better rhythm (6:4). Why was this version not published? Words supplied by Heath in 1781 from an anonymous author: | :{{EdNotes|Note shapes (4-shape) added. Transcribed from ''The Waterhouse Manuscript'', as "New Haven", copied by [[Susanna Heath]] March 17, 1781. This is a later revision of Duxborough (Billings 1770, 1778, 1779) with improved harmony, a better key (f#), and better rhythm (6:4). Why was this version not published? Words supplied by Heath in 1781 from an anonymous author: | ||
:Come now, my soul, my heart and tongue, | ::Come now, my soul, my heart and tongue, | ||
:Come join my muse, my voice, my song, | ::Come join my muse, my voice, my song, | ||
:To praise the power that rules the skies; | ::To praise the power that rules the skies; | ||
:My soul the highest notes would raise. | ::My soul the highest notes would raise. | ||
Words in this edition are by Isaac Watts 1709, "Not to condemn the souls of men", from Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Hymn 100 of Book 1.}} | :Words in this edition are by Isaac Watts 1709, "Not to condemn the souls of men", from Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Hymn 100 of Book 1.}} | ||
*{{PostedDate|2014-12-01}} {{CPDLno|33526}} [[Media:DuxboroughBillings1778a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DuxboroughBillings1778a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2014-12-01}} {{CPDLno|33526}} [[Media:DuxboroughBillings1778a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DuxboroughBillings1778a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | ||
Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
{{Pub|2|1778|in ''[[The Singing Master's Assistant (William Billings)|The Singing Master's Assistant]]''}} | {{Pub|2|1778|in ''[[The Singing Master's Assistant (William Billings)|The Singing Master's Assistant]]''}} | ||
{{Pub|3|1779|in {{NoComp|Music in Miniature|William Billings}}|no=18}} | {{Pub|3|1779|in {{NoComp|Music in Miniature|William Billings}}|no=18}} | ||
{{Descr|Originally published in ''The New-England Psalm-Singer'', 1770, p. 8, without words. Revised in 1778, with words added from Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 24 (Book 1).}} | {{Pub|0|1780|– 1781 in ''[[The Waterhouse Manuscript]]''|ms=ms|no=20}} | ||
{{Descr|Originally published in ''The New-England Psalm-Singer'', 1770, p. 8, without words. Revised in 1778, with words added from Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 24 (Book 1). in 1781, it appeared in ''The Watershed Manuscript'' in an improved version.}} | |||
{{#ExtWeb:}} | {{#ExtWeb:}} | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{LinkText|In vain the wealthy mortals toil}} | {{LinkText|2|In vain the wealthy mortals toil|Not to condemn the sons of men}} | ||
[[Category:Four-shape note editions]] | [[Category:Four-shape note editions]] | ||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] |
Revision as of 03:21, 6 October 2023
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
Midi | |
MusicXML | |
MuseScore3 | |
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-10-06). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Note shapes (4-shape) added. Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, as "New Haven", copied by Susanna Heath March 17, 1781. This is a later revision of Duxborough (Billings 1770, 1778, 1779) with improved harmony, a better key (f#), and better rhythm (6:4). Why was this version not published? Words supplied by Heath in 1781 from an anonymous author:
- Come now, my soul, my heart and tongue,
- Come join my muse, my voice, my song,
- To praise the power that rules the skies;
- My soul the highest notes would raise.
- Words in this edition are by Isaac Watts 1709, "Not to condemn the souls of men", from Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Hymn 100 of Book 1.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-01). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 48 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Duxborough
First Line: In vain the wealthy mortals toil
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer
2nd published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
3rd published: 1779 in Music in Miniature, no. 18
Manuscript 1780 – 1781 in The Waterhouse Manuscript, no. 20
Description: Originally published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 8, without words. Revised in 1778, with words added from Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 24 (Book 1). in 1781, it appeared in The Watershed Manuscript in an improved version.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at In vain the wealthy mortals toil and Not to condemn the sons of men.