Victory (William Billings)

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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
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in The Continental Harmony, 1794, pp. 170-171. 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.

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