Phoebus (William Billings)
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- (Posted 2015-01-21) CPDL #34373:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-21). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 93 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- (Posted 2015-01-21) CPDL #34374:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-21). Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 81 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Phoebus
First Line: Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
Description: First published in The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778, pp. 39-40. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 5. Watts' poem has eight stanzas, each 86. 86. (Common Meter); Billings doubles these, two stanzas of poem to one of music.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 5.