Turkey Hills (Alexander Gillet)

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• (Posted 2018-02-13)  CPDL #48809:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-02-13).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1781. All five stanzas of Watts' hymn included.

• (Posted 2018-02-13)  CPDL #48808:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-02-13).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 50 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All five stanzas of Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: Turkey Hills
First Line: How short and hasty is our life
Composer: Alexander Gillet
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1781 in A Select number of plain Tunes (Andrew Law), p. 13
Description: Originally in 1781 without words; words were added in Andrew Law's Rudiments of Music, 1792: Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 32 of Book 2, with five stanzas.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at How short and hasty is our life.