Pitt (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-05-10)  CPDL #35371: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-10).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: As written in 1770, with note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn added below.

General Information

Title: Pitt
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1770

Description: First published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 57. Words inferred by Kroeger (1981): Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 64 of Book 1. Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

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