New-Hingham (William Billings)
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CPDL #34149:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-05). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 28 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Both 1770 and 1778 versions included.
CPDL #34150:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-05). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 54 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Both 1770 and 1778 versions included.
General Information
Title: New-Hingham
First Line: Death, O the awful sound
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: William Billings
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1770
Description: First published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 59. Revised in 1778 (from B minor to A minor, notes and lyrics changed) in The Singing-Master's Assistant, p. 15.
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Original text and translations
English text
(1778)
Death, O the awful sound,
What horrors in it dwell,
The second death is here implied,
Which sinks our souls to hell.