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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''The Lark''<br>
'''Title:''' ''The Lark''<br>
'''First Line:''' Look up and see the unwearied sun<br>
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|Thomas Flatman}}
{{Lyricist|Thomas Flatman}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-06).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 71 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Flatman's hymn has been added below.

General Information

Title: The Lark
First Line: Look up and see the unwearied sun
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Thomas Flatman

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1790

Description: First published as a separate piece, published by the author in 1790 (see Kroeger 1986). Words by Thomas Flatman, 1674. Billings has used the second stanza of Flatman's hymn; the first stanza begins Awake, my soul! Awake, mine eyes.

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