Eden (William Billings)

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  • (Posted 2015-05-07)  CPDL #35316:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 57 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other five stanzas from Watts' hymn added below.
  • (Posted 2015-05-07)  CPDL #35315:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-07).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 73 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other five stanzas of Watts' hymn added below.

General Information

Title: Eden
First Line: Those glorious minds, how bright they shine
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in The Suffolk Harmony, no. 32, p. 56
Description: Published first in The Suffolk Harmony, 1786, p. 56. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 41 of Book 1.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at These glorious minds, how bright they shine.