Pitt (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-05-10)  CPDL #35374:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-10).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Re-scored from 4/4 to 6/4, and rests removed. Two more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-05-10)  CPDL #35373:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-10).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 76 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Re-scored from 4/4 to 6/4, and rests removed. Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-05-10)  CPDL #35372:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-10).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1770. Two more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-05-10)  CPDL #35371:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-10).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: As written in 1770, with note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn added below.

General Information

Title: Pitt
First Line: Behold what wondrous grace
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.) (Watts), Meter: 66. 86. D (S.M.D.) (Billings)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer, p. 57
Description: Words inferred by Kroeger (1981): Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 64 of Book 1. Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Behold what wondrous grace.