The Lark (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-06). Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 71 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Flatman's hymn has been added below.
General Information
Title: The Lark
First Line: Look up and see the unwearied sun
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Thomas Flatman
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1790
Description: First published as a separate piece, published by the author in 1790 (see Kroeger 1986). Words by Thomas Flatman, 1674. Billings has used the second stanza of Flatman's hymn; the first stanza begins Awake, my soul! Awake, mine eyes.
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