Manchester (William Billings)

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• CPDL #15668: 

Editor: Michael Lauer (submitted 2007-12-14).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 2 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Let the shrill trumpet's warlike voice
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Manchester
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady (from A new version of the psalms of David)

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1781

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.