| 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) |
| Text Information | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |