Columbia (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2024-06-26)  CPDL #81040:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2024-06-26).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 42 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778. Noteheads changed to four-shape format.

• (Posted 2024-05-29)  CPDL #80789:       

Editor: Antonio Higgins (submitted 2024-05-29).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 36 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778.

General Information

Title: Columbia
First Line: Not all the powers on earth
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: William Billings
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TrCtTB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 66. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
Description: Words by William Billings.

Original text and translations

English text

Not all the powers on earth,
Joined in a league with hell,
Can disconcert our plan,
Which nothing can excel.
Since such a Friend
In God we find,
Adieu to fears
Of every kind.

Author: William Billings, 1778.