Revelation (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-04-26)  CPDL #35197: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-26).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added. Transcribed from The Continental Harmony, 1794. Five more stanzas added below from Watts' paraphrase.

• CPDL #17578:  Finale 2008

Editor: Joachim Kelecom (submitted 2008-07-13).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 41 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This version was taken from pages 62-63 of The Continental Harmony (1794).

General Information

Title: Revelation
First Line: Let all the heathen writers join
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: A shorter early version appeared in Music in Miniature in 1779, which was revised in 1894. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 119, Part 7.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 119.