Duxborough (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-01). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 48 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Duxborough
First Line: In vain the wealthy mortals toil
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. –1778
Description: Originally published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 8, without words. Revised in 1778, with words added from Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 24 (Book 1).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at In vain the wealthy mortals toil.