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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-11). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 79 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Published in 1778 with the first stanza of Watts' paraphrase; the other six stanzas added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-11). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 77 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Published in 1778 with the first stanza of Watts' paraphrase; the three more stanzas added below.
General Information
Title: Chocksett
First Line: Lord of the worlds above
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 66. 66. 88 (actually 66.66 44.44)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
2nd published: 1779 in Music in Miniature, no. 21
Description: Published in The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778, p. 49. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 84.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 84.