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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}} {{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: Sacred, Hymn 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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