Summer Street (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-13). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 58 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. All four stanzas included from Watts' hymn.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-13). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 67 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All four stanzas included from Watts' hymn.
General Information
Title: Summer Street
First Line: Death cannot make our souls afraid
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer, p. 66, without words
Description: Words chosen: Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 49 of Book 2.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Death cannot make our souls afraid.