Hear, hear, O heavens (William Billings)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-05-04). Score information: A4, 13 pages, 453 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. The source is printed in F minor, with the injunction "Set this piece in E"; this edition accordingly is transposed down by a semi-tone.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-07). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 105 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1794. Revised 2021-05-11.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-07). Score information: Unknown, 6 pages, 96 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Revised 2021-05-11.
General Information
Title: Hear, hear, O heavens
Composer: William Billings
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1794 in The Continental Harmony, no. 3, p. 42
Description: Published in The Continental Harmony, 1794, pp. 42-47. Words adapted by Billings from Isaiah Chapter 1.
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Original text and translations
![]() Hear, hear, O heavens, |
A people laden with iniquity, |
Relieve the oppressed, |