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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Sudbury (1770)''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Sudbury (1770)''<br> | ||
'''First Line:'' Blest be the everlasting God<br> | |||
{{Composer|William Billings}} | {{Composer|William Billings}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} {{meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{ | {{LinkText|Blest be the everlasting God}} | ||
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[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-02). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All five stanzas included from Watts' hymn.
General Information
Title: Sudbury (1770)
'First Line: Blest be the everlasting God
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1770
Description: First published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 9. Words inferred to be Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 26 of Book 1 (see Kroeger 1981). Very different from Sudbury (1794).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Blest be the everlasting God.