Wheelers Point (William Billings)

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  • (Posted 2014-09-01)  CPDL #32834:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-09-01).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 49 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval-note edition.
  • (Posted 2014-09-01)  CPDL #32835:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-09-01).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Wheelers Point
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in The Suffolk Harmony, no. 9, p. 21
Description:  Music transcribed from The Suffolk Harmony, 1786. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 163 of Book 2, substituted for those in 1786.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Dear Lord! behold our sore distress.