The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #74823   Message #3147237
Posted By: Artful Codger
03-May-11 - 03:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Three Score and Ten
Subject: RE: Origins: Three Score and Ten
"The Shepherd's Carol" is what Billings originally titled "Heavenly Host" in The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). The original setting was "Boston" rather than "Shiloh", as in the Quire Cleveland clip, though both were written (or arranged--one is seldom sure) by Billings.