Wake every breath (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-14). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 55 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). As written in 1770, with the second part in the bass clef. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Noel Stoutenburg (submitted 2001-10-09). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 24 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Round for 2-6 voices. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Wake Every Breath
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Mather Byles
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: 4 equal voices
Genre: Sacred, Canon
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer, p. 1
Description: In circular form, engraved by Paul Revere.
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Original text and translations
English text
Wake every breath and every string
To bless the great Redeemer King,
His name through every clime adored;
Let joy, and gratitude and love
Through all the notes of music rove,
And Jesus sound on every chord.