Fitchburg (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-04-29)  CPDL #35226: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-29).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below.

General Information

Title: Fitchburg
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1779

Description: First published (as Fitchburgh) in Music In Miniature, 1779, p. 3, without words. Revised by Billings some time after 1781 (published about 1804, see Nathan 1977), with words by Isaac Watts, his paraphrase of Psalm 69.

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