Victory (William Billings)

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  • (Posted 2023-10-10)  CPDL #76217:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-10-10).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 47 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781, for TB. This is a earlier, simpler version. Note shapes added (4-shape). Words substituted for this edition: Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 91, part 2, in nine stanzas, two stanzas of words per stanza of music, first line "Ye sons of men, a feeble race." Three pairs of stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase.
  • (Posted 2016-09-12)  CPDL #41101:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-09-12).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 61 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Words substituted for this edition: Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 91, part 2, in nine stanzas, two stanzas of words per stanza of music, first line "Ye sons of men, a feeble race." Three pairs of stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase. Re-formatted 2023-10-10.
  • (Posted 2016-09-12)  CPDL #41100:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-09-12).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 55 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Oval note edition, music as in 1794. Words substituted for this edition: Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 91, part 2, in nine stanzas, two stanzas of words per stanza of music, first line "Ye sons of men, a feeble race." Three pairs of stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase. Re-formatted 2023-10-10.
  • (Posted 2016-09-12)  CPDL #41099:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-09-12).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: As written in 1794, with original words.

General Information

Title: Victory
First Line: To thine almighty arm we owe
First Line: Ye sons of men, a feeble race
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript 1780 – 1781 in The Waterhouse Manuscript, no. 24
First published: 1794 in The Continental Harmony
Description: This tune first appears in The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781, for Tenor-Bass; so it probably was composed before then. Billings added the top voices and made some revisions before publishing it in 1794. In 1780-1794, Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase to psalm 18, first line "To thine almighty arm we owe."

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 18 and Psalm 91.