Paris (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-04-22)  CPDL #35173: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-22).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other seven stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below.

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Title: Paris
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1779

Description: First published in Music In Miniature, 1779, p. 31, without words. The words to Isaac Watts' paraphrase of Psalm 147 were printed in several Boston music books over the next decade (Worcester Collection, Federal Harmony, etc.), strongly indicating that Billings used those words.

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