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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Danbury''<br>
'''Title:''' ''Danbury''<br>
'''First Line:''' Lord, what a feeble piece<br>
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{meter|66. 86 (S.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 90}}


[[Category:Shapenote-4 Editions]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Classical music]]
[[Category:Classical music]]

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-22).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added. The other four stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below.

General Information

Title: Danbury
First Line: Lord, what a feeble piece
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1779

Description: First published in Music In Miniature, 1779, p. 27, revised some time after 1781, printed in an unauthorized edition of The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, published about 1804 (Nathan 1977). Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 90.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.