Texts by I. Watts set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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• A cradle hymn (Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber)
• Africa (Now shall my inward joy arise) - W. Billings
• Against Idleness and Mischief and in Praise of Labor (How doth the little busy bee) - J. Beeson
• Against Idleness and Mischief (How doth the little busy bee)
• Chesterfield (Death may dissolve my body now) - W. Billings
• Creation (When I with pleasing wonder stand) - W. Billings
• Death may dissolve my body now - W. Billings
• Hanley Green (There is a land of pure delight) - O. Holden
• Hephzibah (There is a land of pure delight) - J. Husband
• How doth the little busy bee - J. Beeson (Against Idleness and Mischief)
• Hush my babe (Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber) - W. Rogers
• Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber - M. Emery, W. Rogers (A cradle hymn)
• Jordan (There is a land of pure delight) - W. Billings
• Joy to the world, the Lord is come DUT - L. Mason
• Joy to the world! (Joy to the world, the Lord is come) - L. Mason DUT
• Lie still and slumber (Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber) - M. Emery
• Morning and evening (My God, who makes the sun to know) - G. Dyson
• My flesh shall slumber in the ground - W. Billings
• My God, who makes the sun to know - G. Dyson
• Now shall my inward joy arise - W. Billings
• Rutland (My flesh shall slumber in the ground) - W. Billings
• Shoreham (There is a land of pure delight) - D. Bellknap
• There is a land of pure delight (There is a land of pure delight) - J. Dykes, G. Garrett, W. Marsh, T. Wright
• There is a land of pure delight - D. Bellknap, W. Billings, J. Dykes, G. Garrett, O. Holden, J. Husband, W. Marsh, T. Wright
• When I with pleasing wonder stand - W. Billings
• Who is this fair one in distress - R. Vaughan Williams
• Who is this fair one? (Who is this fair one in distress) - R. Vaughan Williams

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