File:William Billings Psalm Singer's Amusement 1781 Modern Music.mid

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English: "Modern Music" from Psalm Singer's Amusement by William Billings (1781).
Lyrics:
we are met for a Concert of modern invention
To tickle the Ear is our present intention
Audience are seated expecting to be treated
with a piece of the Best with a piece of the best
& since we all agree to set the tune on E
the Authors darling Key he prefers to the rest
let the Bass take the Lead & firmly proceed till the parts are agreed to...
let the Tenor succed & follow the Lead till the parts are agreed to...
let the Counter inspire the rest of the choir inflamed with desire to...
let the Treble in the rear no longer forbear but expressly declare for a...
...fuge away
then change to brisker time & up the Ladder climb
& down again the mount the second time
& end the strain
then change the Key to pen five tones
& flow in Treble time the Notes exceeding low
keep down awhile then rise by slow
degrees the process surely will not fail to please
Thru Common & Treble we jointly have run
we'll give you their Essense compounded in one
all though we are strongly attached to the rest
six four is the movement that pleases us best
that pleases us best
six four is the movement that pleases us best
& now we address you as Friends to the cause
performers are modest & make their own laws
although we are sanguin & clap at the Bang
the part of the hearer's to clap their Applause
to clap their applause
the part of the hearer's to clap their Applause
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Source http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Psalm-Singer%27s_Amusement_%28Billings,_William%29
Author William Billings
Other versions File:1781 PsalmSingersAmusement2 byWilliamBillings Boston.jpg

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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