Wheelers Point (1770) (William Billings)

Music files

L E G E N D

Disclaimer

How to download

ICON	SOURCE
	File details
	Help

• (Posted 2015-05-09)  CPDL #35366: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-09).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 63 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Both stanzas included from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.

• (Posted 2015-05-09)  CPDL #35365: 

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: Sacred, Hymn   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).

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 123.