Sunday (William Billings)

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  • (Posted 2015-01-24)  CPDL #34398:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-24).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 39 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition.
  • (Posted 2015-01-24)  CPDL #34399:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-01-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Sunday
First Line: Majestic God, when I descry
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
Description: Published in The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778, p. 54. Words by William Billings, 1770. See Bridgwater (William Billings).

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Original text and translations

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Majestic God, when I descry
The planetary world on high,
Where-e'er I turn my wandering eyes,
I'm lost in rapture and surprise.