While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Robert Barber II)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2010-08-21). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: While shepherds watched
Composer: Robert Barbercreate page
Lyricist: Nahum Tate
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1753 in David's Harp Well Tuned
Description: Printed for retailers in Fleet Street, Nottingham, Mansfield and Derby. About Robert Barber nothing is known except from his three editions of his psalmody (1727 - 1753).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night.