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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Wheelers Point (1770)''<br>
'''Title:''' ''Wheelers Point (1770)''<br>
'''First Line:''' On Thee who dwells above the skies<br>
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|}}
{{Lyricist|}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{LinkText|Psalm 123}}


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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-09).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Both stanzas included from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Wheelers Point (1770)
First Line: On Thee who dwells above the skies
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1770

Description: First published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 18, without words. Words chosen by Kroeger (1981): Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698, New Version, their paraphrase of Psalm 123. Very different from Wheelers Point (1786).

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 123.

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