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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2015-04-23}} {{CPDLno| | *{{PostedDate|2023-12-05}} {{CPDLno|77862}} • '''Round notes:''' [[Media:DunstableBillings1790bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DunstableBillings1790bpr.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:DunstableBillings1790bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:DunstableBillings1790bpr.mscz|{{Muse3}}]] • '''Four-shape notes:''' [[Media:DunstableBillings1790a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DunstableBillings1790a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:DunstableBillings1790a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-04-23}}{{ScoreInfo| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2023-12-05}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|63}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
:'' | :{{EdNotes|Transcribed from ''Massachusetts Historical Society Ms. S-290'', ca. 1790, as Dunstable, with meter 86. 86. (C. M.) and words "Methinks I see my Savior dear".}} | ||
*{{PostedDate|2015-04-23}} {{CPDLno|35185}} [[Media:SaybrookBillings1779bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:SaybrookBillings1779bprb.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:SaybrookBillings1779bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]] | |||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-04-23}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|66}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | |||
:{{EdNotes|Transcribed from ''Music in Miniature'', 1779; words as suggested by Nathan, 1979. Oval note edition. All four stanzas included.}} | |||
*{{PostedDate|2015-04-23}} {{CPDLno|35184}} [[Media:SaybrookBillings1779a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:SaybrookBillings1779a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | |||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-04-23}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 in (landscape)|1|60}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | |||
:{{EdNotes|Transcribed from ''Music in Miniature'', 1779; words as suggested by Nathan, 1979. Note shapes added (4-shape). All four stanzas included.}} | |||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Saybrook''}} | |||
{{FirstLine| My God, what inward grief I feel}} | |||
{{Composer|William Billings}} | {{Composer|William Billings}} | ||
{{Lyricist| | {{Lyricist|Anonymous}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
{{Genre|Sacred| | {{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} {{Meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}} (1779) {{Meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}} (ca. 1790) | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
'' | {{Pub|1|1779|in ''{{NoComp|Music in Miniature|William Billings}}''|no=69}} | ||
{{Pub|0|ca. 1790|as Dunstable in ''[[Massachusetts Historical Society Ms. S-290]]''|ms=ms|no=3}} | |||
'' | {{Descr|First published in ''Music In Miniature'', 1779, p. 30, without words. It was considerably amended by Billings ca. 1790 as Dunstable, reducing the meter to 86. 86. (C. M.) (very different from Billings' Dunstable of 1770 ff.). The manuscript has words "Methinks I see me Savior dear," a stanza later used by Billings in 1794 for part of the words to his "St. Thomas", a different tune. Words to the 1779 L. M. tune were later chosen by Nathan (1979): [[Isaac Watts]], 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 139.}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{ | {{LinkText|2|St. Thomas (William Billings)|Psalm 139}} | ||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
[[Category:Four-shape note editions]] | |||
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- (Posted 2023-12-05) CPDL #77862: • Round notes: • Four-shape notes:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-12-05). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 63 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Massachusetts Historical Society Ms. S-290, ca. 1790, as Dunstable, with meter 86. 86. (C. M.) and words "Methinks I see my Savior dear".
- (Posted 2015-04-23) CPDL #35185:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-23). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 66 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Music in Miniature, 1779; words as suggested by Nathan, 1979. Oval note edition. All four stanzas included.
- (Posted 2015-04-23) CPDL #35184:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-23). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Music in Miniature, 1779; words as suggested by Nathan, 1979. Note shapes added (4-shape). All four stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Saybrook
First Line: My God, what inward grief I feel
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.) (1779) Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.) (ca. 1790)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1779 in Music in Miniature, no. 69
Manuscript ca. 1790 as Dunstable in Massachusetts Historical Society Ms. S-290, no. 3
Description: First published in Music In Miniature, 1779, p. 30, without words. It was considerably amended by Billings ca. 1790 as Dunstable, reducing the meter to 86. 86. (C. M.) (very different from Billings' Dunstable of 1770 ff.). The manuscript has words "Methinks I see me Savior dear," a stanza later used by Billings in 1794 for part of the words to his "St. Thomas", a different tune. Words to the 1779 L. M. tune were later chosen by Nathan (1979): Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 139.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at St. Thomas (William Billings) and Psalm 139.