Nantucket (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-06). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 31 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-06). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Nantucket
{{FirstLine| How beauteous are their feet
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 2, with words specified as "Hymn 5, S. M." Hymn 5 in the Appendix (Kneeland and Adams 1765) translates to Isaac Watts' Hymn 10 of Book 1 (1709). See Kroeger (1981).
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References:
- Kneeland, J., and S. Adams, Editors. 1765. A new version of the Psalms of David, 276 pp. Appendix, containing a number of hymns…, 84 pp.
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at How beauteous are their feet.