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- Editor: Tim Henderson (submitted 2007-11-04). Score information: A4, 1 page, 253 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This edition taken from Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, 2nd ed, 1820
General Information
Title: Sappho
First Line: When the fierce north wind with his airy forces
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1770 in The New-England Psalm-Singer, revised in The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778
Description: This setting of Isaac Watts' Sapphick Ode 'When the fierce north wind with his airy forces' was first published in William Billings' The New-England Psalm-Singer, Boston: (1770). Hymn Tune Index tune number 3453.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at When the fierce north wind with his airy forces.