Duxborough (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-10-06). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: 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:
- 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
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).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at In vain the wealthy mortals toil.