Revelation (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-04-26)  CPDL #35197:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-26).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added. Transcribed from The Continental Harmony, 1794. Five more stanzas added below from Watts' paraphrase.

• (Posted 2008-07-13)  CPDL #17578:        (Finale 2008)

Editor: Joachim Kelecom (submitted 2008-07-13).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 41 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This version was taken from pages 62-63 of The Continental Harmony (1794).

General Information

Title: Revelation
First Line: Let all the heathen writers join
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1779 in Music in Miniature, no. 66
Description: A shorter early version appeared in Music in Miniature in 1779, which was revised in 1794. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 119, Part 7.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 119.