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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Ceylon''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Ceylon''<br> | ||
'''First Line:''' From my sad prison set me free<br> | |||
{{Composer|Oliver Holden}} | {{Composer|Oliver Holden}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}  : {{meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{ | {{LinkText|Psalm 142}} | ||
[[Category:Shapenote-4 Editions]] | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
Revision as of 22:39, 20 July 2015
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- (Posted 2015-07-20) CPDL #36196:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-20). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other five stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below, renumbered.
General Information
Title: Ceylon
First Line: From my sad prison set me free
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn  : Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1796
Description: First published in The Union Harmony, 1796, p. 103. Words by Isaac Watts, paraphrase of Psalm 142, in six stanzas. Holden used the sixth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 142.