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Text:The sovereign God Whose hands sustains
Author:Venantius Fortunatus (530-609)
Translator:John Dryden (1631-1700?)
Translator:J. D. Aylward (1813-1872)
Tune:PUTNEY
Harmonizer:William Billings (1746-1800)

211. The sovereign God Whose hands sustains

Text Information
First Line: The sovereign God Whose hands sustains
Latin Title: Quem terra, pontus, aethera
Author: Venantius Fortunatus (530-609)
Translator: John Dryden (1631-1700?) (alt.)
Translator: J. D. Aylward (1813-1872) (alt.)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: The Virgin Mary
Tune Information
Name: PUTNEY
Harmonizer: William Billings (1746-1800)
Meter: L.M.
Incipit: 11232 54321 32232
Key: g minor
Source: American, 18th Century
Notes: Soprano and tenor inverted in Setting 1. Setting 2 is Billing's original placement of sopanor, alto, and bass, and should be played as accompaniment



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