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:Wake | :Wake every breath and every string | ||
:To bless the great | :To bless the great Redeemer King, | ||
:His name through | :His name through every clime adored; | ||
:Let joy and gratitude and love | :Let joy, and gratitude and love | ||
:Through all the notes of music rove | :Through all the notes of music rove, | ||
:And Jesus sound on every chord}} | :And Jesus sound on every chord.}} | ||
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Revision as of 02:52, 14 June 2015
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- (Posted 2015-06-14) CPDL #35729: MusicXML
- 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.
- CPDL #03036: Finale 2000
- 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: Sacred, Canon
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.
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Original text and translations
English text
Wake every breath and every string
To bless the great Redeemer King,
His name through every clime adored;
Let joy, and gratitude and love
Through all the notes of music rove,
And Jesus sound on every chord.