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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-16).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 51 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval-note edition.
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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-16).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Ye boundless realms of joy
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Paria
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady (from A new version of the psalms of David)

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1784

Description: Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698 ("New Version"). Published anonymously in Massachusetts Harmony, published by John Norman in Boston in 1784. Attributed to William Billings by Karl Kroeger, The Hymn 47(3):44-49. 1996. Hymn Tune Index tune number 4436.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 148.