Brookline (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-09-06). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 39 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: As written in 1770. Transcribed from The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770. Oval-note edition.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-09-06). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 34 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: As written in 1770. Note shapes added (4-shape).
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-09-06). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 40 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: As amended in 1779. Transcribed from Music In Miniature, 1779. Oval-note edition.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-09-06). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 34 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: As amended in 1779. Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Brookline
Composer: William Billings
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady (from A new version of the psalms of David)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1770
Description: Music first written in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, and revised in Music In Miniature, 1779, both without words. In 1770 the indication by Billings was "Ps. 19," which clearly points to the "New Version" of psalm adaptations by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698. See The Complete Works of William Billings, Volume 1 (1981).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 19.