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(Posted 2023-12-06) CPDL #77882:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-12-06). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 43 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Massachusetts Historical Society Ms. S-290, ca. 1790, where it is titled "Deerfield". Two more pairs of stanzas included from Byles' poem.

(Posted 2023-12-06) CPDL #77881:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-12-06). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 43 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Continental Harmony, 1794. Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Byles' poem.

(Posted 2007-12-14) CPDL #15673:

Editor: Michael Lauer (submitted 2007-12-14). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 74 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Thomas-Town
First Line: Great God, how frail a thing is man
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Mather Byles

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Manuscript ca. 1790 as Deerfield in Massachusetts Historical Society Ms. S-290, no. 4
First published: 1794 in The Continental Harmony
Description: Appears first in the Shepard Fish Manuscript, circa 1790. The manuscript copy was reportedly transcribed by Shepard Fish around 1790, probably from copies provided in a singing-school. The singing-school may have been led by Billings himself. Published in The Continental Harmony in 1794. Words by Mather Byles in fourteen stanzas; Billings used the first and thirteenth stanzas of Byles' poem in his composition.

External websites:

http://www.mrlauer.org/music/

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Great God, how frail a thing is man.

Retrieved from "https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thomas-Town_(William_Billings)&oldid=1779828"

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+{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2023-12-06}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|43}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
+:{{EdNotes|Transcribed from ''Massachusetts Historical Society Ms. S-290'', ca. 1790, where it is titled "Deerfield". Two more pairs of stanzas included from Byles' poem.}}
-*'''CPDL #15673:''' [http://www.mrlauer.org/music/work/billings/thomas-town/ {{net}}]
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-{{Editor|Michael Lauer|2007-12-14}}'''Score information:''' Letter, 2 pages, 74 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{Copy|Personal}}
+{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2023-12-06}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|43}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
-:'''Edition notes:'''
+:{{EdNotes|Transcribed from ''The Continental Harmony'', 1794. Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Byles' poem.}}
+*{{PostedDate|2007-12-14}} {{CPDLno|15673}} [http://www.mrlauer.org/music/work/billings/thomas-town/ {{net}}]
+{{Editor|Michael Lauer|2007-12-14}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|74}}{{Copy|Personal}}
+:{{EdNotes|}}
 ==General Information==
-'''Title:''' ''Thomas-Town''<br>
+{{Title|Thomas-Town}}
+{{FirstLine|Great God, how frail a thing is man}}
 {{Composer|William Billings}}
+{{Lyricist|Mather Byles}}
-{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
+{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
-{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}
+{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} &nbsp; {{meter|86. 86. D (C.M.D.)}}
 {{Language|English}}
-'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
+{{Instruments|A cappella}}
-'''Published:''' 1794
+{{Pub|0|ca. 1790|as Deerfield in ''[[Massachusetts Historical Society Ms. S-290]]''|ms=ms|no=4}}
+{{Pub|1|1794|in ''[[The Continental Harmony (William Billings)|The Continental Harmony]]''}}
-'''Description:'''
+{{Descr|Appears first in the Shepard Fish Manuscript, circa 1790. The manuscript copy was reportedly transcribed by Shepard
+Fish around 1790, probably from copies provided in a singing-school. The singing-school may have been led by Billings himself. Published in ''The Continental Harmony'' in 1794. Words by Mather Byles in fourteen stanzas; Billings used the first and thirteenth stanzas of Byles' poem in his composition.}}
-'''External websites:''' http://www.mrlauer.org/music/
+{{#ExtWeb:http://www.mrlauer.org/music/}}
 ==Original text and translations==
+{{LinkText|Great God, how frail a thing is man}}
-{{Text|English}}
-<poem>
-Great God, how frail a thing is man,
-How swift his minutes pass,
-His age contracts within a span,
-He blooms and dies like grass.
-And must my moments thus decline,
-And must I sink to death,
-To thee my spirit I resign,
-Thou maker of my breath.
-</poem>
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+[[Category:Four-shape note editions]]