Waltham (William Billings)

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  • (Posted 2014-08-02)  CPDL #32579:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-02).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 33 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: 1778, Words by Isaac Watts. First line: My Savior and my king. Oval-note edition.
  • (Posted 2014-08-02)  CPDL #32580:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-02).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 33 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: 1778, Words by Isaac Watts. First line: My Savior and my king. Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Waltham
Lyricist: Isaac Watts Composer: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredPsalm-tune

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer
    2nd published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
    3rd published: 1779 in Music in Miniature, no. 22
Description:  Tune composed 1770, with words To Thee I made my cry by Perez Morton (see Kroeger 1981). Tune revised 1778, with words My Savior and my king by Isaac Watts.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 45.