Fairfield (William Billings)

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CPDL #33849:  Icon_pdf.gif 
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-25).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 34 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition.
CPDL #33850:  Icon_pdf.gif 
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-25).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Fairfield
First Line: From lowest depths of woe
Composer: William Billings
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1770

Description: Published in The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770, p. 13, without indication of lyrics. Kroeger (1982) chose Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, New Version, 1698, paraphrase of Psalm 130.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 130.