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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{CPDLno|40}} [[Media:ws-bill-maj.pdf|{{Pdf}}]] [[Media:ws-bill-maj.mid|{{Mid}}]] [[Media:ws-bill-maj.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:ws-bill-maj.mus|{{mus}}]] (Finale 1998)
*<b>CPDL #40:</b> [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/billings/bill-maj.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/billings/bill-maj.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/billings/bill-maj.zip Finale-1998].<br>
{{Editor|Rafael Ornes|1999-08-06}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|44}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Rafael Ornes|Rafael Ornes]] <i>(added 1999-08-06)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>48 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]<br>
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==General Information==
==General Information==
<b>Title:</b> <i>Majesty</i><br>
'''Title:''' ''Majesty''<br>
<b>Composer:</b> [[William Billings]]<br>
{{Composer|William Billings}}
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{{Lyricist|Thomas Sternhold}} and John Hopkins


<b>Number of voices:</b> 4vv&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> SATB<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[Hymns]] <br>
{{Genre|Sacred|}}
<b>Language:</b> [[English]]<br>
{{Language|English}}
<b>Instruments: </b>none<br>
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
<b>Published: </b><br>
{{Pub|1|1778|in ''[[The Singing Master's Assistant (William Billings)|The Singing Master's Assistant]]''}}


<b>Description:</b> <br>
'''Description:''' Words by Sternhold and Hopkins, 1598, their paraphrase of Psalm 18: 9 (p. 56).


<b>External websites: </b>
'''External websites:'''


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
The Lord descended from above,
and bow'd the heav'ns most high,
And underneath his feet
He cast the darkness of the sky.


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On cherub and on cherubim,
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Full royally he rode,
 
And on the wings of mighty winds
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came flying all abroad.}}


[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Sacred music]][[Category:Hymns]][[Category:SATB]][[Category:Classical music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Classical music]]

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  • CPDL #00040:        (Finale 1998)
Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-08-06).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 44 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Majesty
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant

Description: Words by Sternhold and Hopkins, 1598, their paraphrase of Psalm 18: 9 (p. 56).

External websites:

Original text and translations

English.png English text

The Lord descended from above,
and bow'd the heav'ns most high,
And underneath his feet
He cast the darkness of the sky.

On cherub and on cherubim,
Full royally he rode,
And on the wings of mighty winds
came flying all abroad.

 

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