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*{{PostedDate| | *{{PostedDate|2021-05-04}} {{CPDLno|64308}} [http://www.notamos.co.uk/103245.shtml {{net}}] | ||
{{Editor| | {{Editor|Christopher Shaw|2021-05-04}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|13|453}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|{{KbdRed}} 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.}} | ||
*{{PostedDate|2015-01-07}} {{CPDLno|34174}} [[Media:AnthemHearHearBillings1794a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:AnthemHearHearBillings1794a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2015-01-07}} {{CPDLno|34172}} [[Media:AnthemHearHearBillings1794bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:AnthemHearHearBillings1794bpr.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:AnthemHearHearBillings1794bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:AnthemHearHearBillings1794bpr.mscz|{{Muse3}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-01-07}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-01-07}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|4|105}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|Oval note edition, as written in 1794. Revised 2021-05-11.}} | ||
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{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-01-07}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|6|96}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | |||
:{{EdNotes|Note shapes added (4-shape). Revised 2021-05-11.}} | |||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
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{{Composer|William Billings}} | {{Composer|William Billings}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Anthems}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Anthems}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Pub|1|1794|in ''[[The Continental Harmony (William Billings)|The Continental Harmony]]''}} | {{Pub|1|1794|in ''[[The Continental Harmony (William Billings)|The Continental Harmony]]''|no=3|pg=42}} | ||
{{Descr|Published in {{NoComp|The Continental Harmony|William Billings}}, 1794, pp. 42-47. Words adapted by Billings from Isaiah Chapter 1.}} | {{Descr|Published in {{NoComp|The Continental Harmony|William Billings}}, 1794, pp. 42-47. Words adapted by Billings from Isaiah Chapter 1.}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | {{Text|English| | ||
Hear, hear, O heavens, | Hear, hear, O heavens, | ||
And give ear, O earth, | And give ear, O earth, | ||
For the Lord hath spoken. | For the Lord hath spoken. | ||
I have nourished and brought up children, | |||
And they have rebelled against Me, | And they have rebelled against Me, | ||
Ah! Sinful nation! | Ah! Sinful nation! | ||
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But Israel does not know, | But Israel does not know, | ||
My people doth not consider; | My people doth not consider; | ||
Ah! Sinful nation! | Ah! Sinful nation!}} | ||
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A people laden with iniquity, | A people laden with iniquity, | ||
A seed of evildoers. | A seed of evildoers. | ||
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Cease to do evil, | Cease to do evil, | ||
Learn to do well, | Learn to do well, | ||
Seek judgment, | Seek judgment,}} | ||
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Relieve the oppressed, | Relieve the oppressed, | ||
Judge the fatherless. | Judge the fatherless. | ||
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Love mercy, | Love mercy, | ||
Walk humbly before God. | Walk humbly before God. | ||
Come now, let us reason together, | Come now, let us reason together, saith the Lord. | ||
Though your sins be as scarlet, | |||
They shall be as wool. | They shall be as wool. | ||
Though they be red like crimson, | Though they be red like crimson, | ||
Yet they shall be as white as snow. | Yet they shall be as white as snow.}} | ||
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[[Category:Four-shape note editions]] | [[Category:Four-shape note editions]] | ||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2021-05-04) CPDL #64308:
- 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.
- (Posted 2015-01-07) CPDL #34172:
- 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.
- (Posted 2015-01-07) CPDL #34174:
- 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.
External websites:
Original text and translations
 English textHear, hear, O heavens, |
A people laden with iniquity, |
Relieve the oppressed, |