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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 55 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). As written in 1770, with the second part in the bass clef.
Editor: Noel Stoutenburg (submitted 2001-10-09).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 24 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Round for 2-6 voices, Finale 2000 notation file unzipped

General Information

Title: Wake Every Breath
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Mather Byles

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: 4 equal voices

Genre: SacredCanon

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1770

Description: First published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 1, in circular form, engraved by Paul Revere. NEPSp1c.jpg

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Original text and translations

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Wake ev'ry breath and every string
To bless the great redeemer ring
His name through e'vry clime adored
Let joy and gratitude and love
Through all the notes of music rove
And Jesus sound on every chord