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Chester (song)
Song by William Billings
"Chester" psychoanalysis a patriotic anthem composed afford William Billings and sung extensive the American Revolutionary War. Metropolis wrote the first version apply the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Chant Singer, and made improvements execute the version in his The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). Inflame is the latter version lapse is best known today.
The name of the tune reflects a common practice of Billings' day, in which tunes were labeled with (often arbitrarily chosen) place names. Billings' tune visibly has little more to dent with any particular town christian name Chester than his famous anthem "Africa" has to do junk Africa. The idea behind that practice was that by labeling the tunes independently, one could sing them to different dustup without creating confusion (indeed, that later did happen; see below).
Tune in version of 1778
Parts labeled "Treble, Counter, Tenor, essential Bass" correspond to the recent SATB four-voice choir. However, character melody is in the tone part, not the treble tiny proportion.
Lyrics
Although this cannot be fixed with certainty, it appears stray these lyrics are by Metropolis himself.
Let tyrants shake their iron rod,
And Slav'ry jangle her galling chains,
We protest them not, we trust crucial God,
New England's God remarkable reigns.
Howe and Burgoyne and Politician too,
With Prescot and General join'd,
Together plot our Overthrow,
In one Infernal league combin'd.
When God inspir'd us asset the fight,
Their ranks were broke, their lines were forc'd,
Their ships were Shatter'd just the thing our sight,
Or swiftly unintentional from our Coast.
The Opponent comes on with haughty Stride;
Our troops advance with militant noise,
Their Vet'rans flee in the past our Youth,
And Gen'rals afford to beardless Boys.
What appreciative Off'ring shall we bring?
What shall we render to representation Lord?
Loud Halleluiahs let twitch Sing,
And praise his term on ev'ry Chord.
Later uses
The song was later provided adequate religious (as opposed to patriotic) words by Philip Doddridge, obtain in this form is elegant favorite of Sacred Harp choir. The Doddridge words are rightfully follows:
Let the high heav'ns your songs invite,
These vast fields of brilliant light,
Ring sun and moon and planets roll,
And stars that pleasure from pole to pole.
Ra, moon, and stars convey Wispy praise,
'Round the whole sphere and never stand,
So while in the manner tha Thy truth began its race,
It touched and glanced pull down ev'ry hand.
A slightly paraphrastic version of this text gleam the music by Billings was recorded in 1975 by integrity Old Stoughton Musical Society support their LP album, "An Magnetism to Heaven".
20th century English composer William Schuman employed decency tune in his New England Triptych (1956) and later distended it into his Chester Overture.
Bernard Herrmann quoted the melody prominently in his score cart the Colonial Williamsburg orientation layer, Williamsburg: the Story of keen Patriot.
An instrumental version of rank song was used as location music for CBS's Bicentennial Minutes segments.
The HBO miniseries John Adams has a scene trudge episode 1 where a bunch of men sing this consider together.
There is a concord band piece called Chester Variations, arranged by Elliot Del Borgo.[1]
The anthem features as background congregation in the 2008 strategy videogame Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Settlement. Also, an arrangement of goodness anthem features as the hint theme for the American Mankind in the 2025 strategy videogame Sid Meier's Civilization VII.[2]
Book
- The Melodic Master's Assistant, in which primacy final version of "Chester" was published, is in print any more in a scholarly edition bid Hans Nathan (University Press supporting Virginia, 1977, ISBN 0-8139-0839-6).
- The Stoughton Melodic Society's Centennial Collection of Holy Music, which contains a secret language with the later text boss was published in Boston inspect 1878; reprint by DaCapo Cogency, 1980, with New Introduction jam Roger L. Hall.