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==Music files==
==Music files==
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{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-08-29}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|2|75}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn.


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{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2014-08-30}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|47}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2014-08-30}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|47}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:'''
:'''Edition notes:''' Oval note edition. Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn. Re-formatted 2016-08-28. {{MXL}}


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Petersburgh''<br>
'''Title:''' ''Petersburgh''<br>
{{FirstLine|Thus saith the high and lofty one}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{Meter|88. 88. D (L.M.D.)}}
{{Genre|Sacred|}} &nbsp; {{Meter|88. 88. D (L.M.D.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' 1786
{{Pub|1|1786|in ''[[The Suffolk Harmony (William Billings)|The Suffolk Harmony]]''}}


'''Description:''' Words by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 87, based on Isaiah 47:15-16. Transcribed from Suffolk Harmony, 1786.
'''Description:''' Transcribed from Suffolk Harmony, 1786. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], his Hymn 87 of Book 1, based on Isaiah 47:15-16, with five stanzas. Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.  


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
{{LinkText|Thus saith the high and lofty one}}
Thus saith the high and lofty One:
"I sit upon my holy throne;
My name is God, I dwell on high,
Dwell in my own eternity.
 
"But I descend to worlds below,
On earth I have a mansion too;
The humble spirit and contrite
Is an abode of my delight.
 
"The humble soul my words revive,
I bid the mourning sinner live,
Heal all the broken hearts I find,
And ease the sorrows of the mind."
 
O may thy pardoning grace be nigh,
Lest we should faint, despair, and die!
Thus shall our better thoughts approve
The methods of thy chastening love.
}}


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[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Classical music]]
[[Category:Classical music]]

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  • (Posted 2016-08-29)  CPDL #40952:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn.
  • CPDL #32821:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-30).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 47 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn. Re-formatted 2016-08-28. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Petersburgh
First Line: Thus saith the high and lofty one
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in The Suffolk Harmony

Description: Transcribed from Suffolk Harmony, 1786. Words by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 87 of Book 1, based on Isaiah 47:15-16, with five stanzas. Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Thus saith the high and lofty one.