West-Sudbury (William Billings)
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- CPDL #28846: Sibelius 7
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2013-04-22). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 53 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The alto part is given in the alto clef in the original. The first verse of the text is underlaid in the original, where it is attributed with the heading 'Words from Mr. John Peck'. Two further verses have here been underlaid editorially: these are verses 3-4 and 6-7 of seven 4-line verses of the text, as given as 'Hymn 123' on pages 175-176 of A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, compiled by Paul Himes and Jonathan Wilson (Greenfield, MA: published by Clark & Hunt, 1818).
General Information
Title: Here is a song, which doth belong
Composer: William Billings
Tune: West-Sudbury
Lyricist: John Peck
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1794
Description: This setting was published on p50 of William Billings' The Continental Harmony, Boston: 1794. Hymn Tune Index tune number 6726.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Here is a song, which doth belong.