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: Sacred, Psalm-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."

Original text and translations

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