Chelsea (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-05-09)  CPDL #35337: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-09).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas from Relly's hymn added below.

General Information

Title: Chelsea
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: James Relly

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1786

Description: First published in The Suffolk Harmony, 1786, p. 48. Words by James Relly, 1758, his Hymn 43 of Part 1. Billings used the first two stanzas of Relly's hymn in his composition. Very different from Chelsea (1770).

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