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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2016-09-12}} {{CPDLno|41101}} [[Media:VictoryBillings1794at.pdf|{{pdf}}]]
*{{PostedDate|2016-09-12}} {{CPDLno|41101}} [[Media:VictoryBillings1794at.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794at.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794at.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-09-12}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|69}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-09-12}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|61}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:{{EdNotes|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." Two more pairs of stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase.}}
:{{EdNotes|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.}}


*{{PostedDate|2016-09-12}} {{CPDLno|41100}} [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bprt.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bprt.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bprt.mxl|{{XML}}]]
*{{PostedDate|2016-09-12}} {{CPDLno|41100}} [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bprt.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bprt.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bprt.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bprt.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-09-12}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|69}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-09-12}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|55}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:{{EdNotes|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." Two more pairs of stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase.}}
:{{EdNotes|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.}}


*{{PostedDate|2016-09-12}} {{CPDLno|41099}} [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]]
*{{PostedDate|2016-09-12}} {{CPDLno|41099}} [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VictoryBillings1794bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]]
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{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}}   {{Meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}}   {{Meter|86. 86. D (C.M.D.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Pub|1|1794|in ''[[The Continental Harmony (William Billings)|The Continental Harmony]]''}}
{{Pub|1|1794|in ''[[The Continental Harmony (William Billings)|The Continental Harmony]]''}}
{{Descr|Words by [[Isaac Watts]], paraphrase of Psalm 18, part 2, in six stanzas. Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition, first line "To thine almighty arm we owe."}}
{{Descr|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==

Revision as of 22:19, 10 October 2023

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  • (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: Public Domain
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: Public Domain
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

First published: 1794 in The Continental Harmony
Description: 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.