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{{FirstLine| Let the shrill trumpet's warlike voice}}
{{FirstLine| Let the shrill trumpet's warlike voice}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|2|Nahum Tate|Nicholas Brady| (from ''A new version of the psalms of David'')}}
{{Lyricist|Tate and Brady| (from ''A new version of the psalms of David'')}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} &nbsp; {{meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} &nbsp; {{Meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Pub|1|1779|in ''[[Music in Miniature (William Billings)|Music in Miniature]]''}}
{{Pub|1|1779|in ''[[Music in Miniature (William Billings)|Music in Miniature]]''|no=8}}
{{Pub|2|1781|in ''[[The Psalm-Singer's Amusement (William Billings)|The Psalm-Singer's Amusement]]''}}
{{Pub|2|1781|in ''[[The Psalm-Singer's Amusement (William Billings)|The Psalm-Singer's Amusement]]''|no=3}}


'''Description:''' ''Manchester'' was first published in ''Music In Miniature'', 1779. This setting of verses from [[Psalm 150]] in the metrical ''New Version'' was published in William Billings' ''The Psalm-Singer's Amusement'', 1781. ''Hymn Tune Index'' tune number 4113b.
'''Description:''' ''Manchester'' was first published in ''Music In Miniature'', 1779. This setting of verses from [[Psalm 150]] in the metrical ''New Version'' was published in William Billings' ''The Psalm-Singer's Amusement'', 1781. ''Hymn Tune Index'' tune number 4113b.

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  • (Posted 2015-01-30)  CPDL #34436:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-30).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 118 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Billings published Manchester in 1781 with the third and fourth stanzas of Tate and Brady's paraphrase of Psalm 150; I added the first and second stanzas above in this edition.
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Editor: Michael Lauer (submitted 2007-12-14).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 2 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Manchester
First Line: Let the shrill trumpet's warlike voice
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Tate and Bradycreate page (from A new version of the psalms of David)

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1779 in Music in Miniature, no. 8
    2nd published: 1781 in The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, no. 3

Description: Manchester was first published in Music In Miniature, 1779. This setting of verses from Psalm 150 in the metrical New Version was published in William Billings' The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, 1781. Hymn Tune Index tune number 4113b.

External websites: http://www.mrlauer.org/music/

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 150.