Dartmouth (William Billings)
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- (Posted 2023-10-10) CPDL #76190:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-10-10). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 71 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781. Round notes, as in 1781. Original words included.
- (Posted 2023-10-10) CPDL #76189:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-10-10). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 73 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781. Note shapes added (4-shape). Original words included.
General Information
Title: Dartmouth
First Line: Let every mortal ear attend
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TrCTB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1780 – 1781 in The Waterhouse Manuscript, no. 23
Description: Billings' "Dartmouth" first appears in The Waterhouse Manuscript, copied by Susanna Heath on March 17, 1781; it was probably composed some time earlier. Apparently it was never published. This work is in two sections: an initial moderately-slow section in 3:2 time, and a second faster "fuging" section in cut time. The first section is an improved version of Billings' "New North" of 1770-1778-1779; the second section is newly composed. Words are by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book 1, Hymn 7, with nine stanzas. Billings used the first stanza in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Let every mortal ear attend.