Danbury (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2015-04-22)  CPDL #35168: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-22).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added. The other four stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below.

General Information

Title: Danbury
First Line: Lord, what a feeble piece
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1779

Description: First published in Music In Miniature, 1779, p. 27, revised some time after 1781, printed in an unauthorized edition of The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, published about 1804 (Nathan 1977). Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 90.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.