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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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{{Editor|Lee | {{Editor|Lee Lovallo|2015-02-18}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|19|295}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Transposed down a minor 3rd. All dynamic markings are editorial; suggested tempos are based on Hans Nathan's analysis of Billings' Italian tempo indications and meter signatures. Skeletal keyboard reduction is editorial. | :'''Edition notes:''' Transposed down a minor 3rd. All dynamic markings are editorial; suggested tempos are based on Hans Nathan's analysis of Billings' Italian tempo indications and meter signatures. Skeletal keyboard reduction is editorial. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''An Anthem for Christmas''<br> | '''Title:''' ''An Anthem for Christmas''<br> | ||
{{Composer|William Billings}} | {{Composer|William Billings}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
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{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
'' | {{Pub|1|1794|in ''[[The Continental Harmony (William Billings)|The Continental Harmony]]''}} | ||
'''Description:''' Original key C major but with note from Billings "N.B. Set this piece one note lower" | '''Description:''' Original key C major but with note from Billings "N.B. Set this piece one note lower. Words from Luke 2d and elsewhere." Text adapted (presumably by Billings) from Luke chapter 2 and [[Isaac Watts]], 1709, Hymn 4 of Book 1. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | |||
''Billings' Lyrics'' | |||
Hark! Hark! Hear you not, | |||
Hear you not a cheerful noise | |||
Which make the heavens ring with joy. | |||
See where light stars angels fly | |||
A thousand heavenly echoes cry: | |||
Behold, I bring you glad tidings | |||
Unto you and to all people, | |||
For unto you this day is born | |||
a Savior which is Christ the Lord. | |||
And this shall be a sign unto you, | |||
You shall find the babe meanly wrapped | |||
In swaddling bands and lying in a manger. | |||
And suddenly there was with the angels | |||
A multitude of the heavenly host, | |||
And they were praising God and saying: | |||
Glory to God, Glory to God in the highest. | |||
O how can men forbear to sing | |||
When earth with angels' notes do ring? | |||
Then join all your voices, | |||
One chorus to raise, | |||
Ascribing all honor, all glory and praise. | |||
What greater love, what greater gift, | |||
Can God on man bestow, | |||
'Tis half the angel's heaven above, | |||
And all our heaven below. | |||
Then join all your voices, | |||
One chorus to raise, | |||
Ascribing all honor, all glory and praise. | |||
Lord, and shall angels have their songs, | |||
And men no tunes to raise? | |||
O may we lose these useless tongues | |||
When they forget to praise! | |||
Glory to God, that reigns above, | |||
That pitied us forlorn, | |||
We join to sing our Maker's love, | |||
For there's a Savior born. | |||
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, | |||
Hosanna in the highest.}} | |||
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''Isaac Watts' Hymn 4'' | |||
Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes, | |||
And send your fears away; | |||
News from the regions of the skies, | |||
Salvation's born to-day. | |||
Jesus, the God whom angels fear, | |||
Comes down to dwell with you; | |||
Today he makes his entrance here, | |||
But not as monarchs do. | |||
No gold nor purple swaddling bands. | |||
Nor royal shining things; | |||
A manger for his Cradle stands, | |||
And holds the King of kings. | |||
Go, shepherds, where the infant lies, | |||
And see his humble throne | |||
With tears of joy in all your eyes, | |||
Go, shepherds, kiss the Son. | |||
Thus Gabriel sang, and straight around | |||
The heav'nly armies throng; | |||
They tune their harps to lofty sound, | |||
And thus conclude the song: | |||
Glory to God that reigns above! | |||
Let peace surround the earth! | |||
Mortals shall know their Maker's love, | |||
At their Redeemer's birth. | |||
Lord, and shall angels have their songs, | |||
And men no tunes to raise? | |||
O may we lose our useless tongues | |||
When they forget to praise. | |||
Glory to God that reigns above, | |||
That pitied us forlorn; | |||
We join to sing our Maker's love, | |||
For there's a Savior born.}} | |||
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- Editor: Lee Lovallo (submitted 2015-02-18). Score information: Letter, 19 pages, 295 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a minor 3rd. All dynamic markings are editorial; suggested tempos are based on Hans Nathan's analysis of Billings' Italian tempo indications and meter signatures. Skeletal keyboard reduction is editorial.
General Information
Title: An Anthem for Christmas
Composer: William Billings
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1794 in The Continental Harmony
Description: Original key C major but with note from Billings "N.B. Set this piece one note lower. Words from Luke 2d and elsewhere." Text adapted (presumably by Billings) from Luke chapter 2 and Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 4 of Book 1.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text Billings' Lyrics |
Isaac Watts' Hymn 4 |