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Oliver Holden was one of the best-known and prolific American composers of psalmody of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. As a young man, he was a U. S. Marine aboard the frigate ''Dean'', participating in the capture of five British ships. He lived most of his later life in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston. Unlike many composers of his era, Holden was a well known citizen, with dealings in government, religious, and charitable affairs. Though a carpenter and real estate dealer in his professional life, he also organized many music schools, and served as legislator and pastor. When George Washington visited Boston in 1789, Holden wrote the lyrics and score and trained the choir which sang the music that greeted Washington at the Old State House.<br>
Oliver Holden was one of the best-known and prolific American composers of psalmody of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. As a young man, he was a U. S. Marine aboard the frigate ''Dean'', participating in the capture of five British ships. He lived most of his later life in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston. Unlike many composers of his era, Holden was a well known citizen, with dealings in government, religious, and charitable affairs. Though a carpenter and real estate dealer in his professional life, he also organized many music schools, and served as legislator and pastor. When George Washington visited Boston in 1789, Holden wrote the lyrics and score and trained the choir which sang the music that greeted Washington at the Old State House.<br>
"Holden was an early proponent of 'reform psalmody' and sought to accommodate his style to European ideals of church music, without, however, completely abandoning the forms and techniques of American psalmody. Thus, his music is an interesting amalgamation of styles and musical detail" (Music 1998).<br>
"Holden was an early proponent of 'reform psalmody' and sought to accommodate his style to European ideals of church music, without, however, completely abandoning the forms and techniques of American psalmody. Thus, his music is an interesting amalgamation of styles and musical detail" (Music 1998).<br>
"After 1796, Holden quit signing his name to tunebooks, except for editions of the ''Worcester Collection''. Nevertheless, several anonymous volumes of the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have been positively identified as Holden's works ... These include ''Sacred Dirges'' (1800), ''The Modern Collection'' (1800), ''Plain Psalmody'' (1800), the third edition of ''The Union Harmony'', ''The Charlestown Collection'' (1803), and ''Occasional Pieces'' (1807)" (Music 1998).
"After 1796, Holden quit signing his name to tunebooks, except for editions of the ''Worcester Collection''. Nevertheless, several anonymous volumes of the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have been positively identified as Holden's works … These include ''Sacred Dirges'' (1800), ''The Modern Collection'' (1800), ''Plain Psalmody'' (1800), the third edition of ''The Union Harmony'', ''The Charlestown Collection'' (1803), and ''Occasional Pieces'' (1807)" (Music 1998).
 
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*[[Oracle (Oliver Holden)|Father of mercies! In Thy word]]
*[[Oracle (Oliver Holden)|Father of mercies! In Thy word]]
*[[Beneficence (Oliver Holden)|Father of our feeble race]]
*[[Beneficence (Oliver Holden)|Father of our feeble race]]
*[[Sun (Oliver Holden)|Fairest of all the lights above]]
*[[Cowper (Oliver Holden)|Forgive the song that falls so low]]
*[[Cowper (Oliver Holden)|Forgive the song that falls so low]]
*[[From heaven the loud, the angelic song (Oliver Holden)|From heaven the loud, the angelic song]]
*[[From heaven the loud, the angelic song (Oliver Holden)|From heaven the loud, the angelic song]]
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*[[Magdala (Oliver Holden)|I'll praise my Maker with my breath]]
*[[Magdala (Oliver Holden)|I'll praise my Maker with my breath]]
*[[Desertion (Oliver Holden)|I'll praise my Maker with my breath]]
*[[Desertion (Oliver Holden)|I'll praise my Maker with my breath]]
*[[Title: Ur (Oliver Holden)|I love Thy habitation, Lord]]
*[[Ur (Oliver Holden)|I love Thy habitation, Lord]]
*[[Lynn (Oliver Holden)|I'm not ashamed to own my Lord]]
*[[Lynn (Oliver Holden)|I'm not ashamed to own my Lord]]
*[[Sicily (Oliver Holden)|In the soft season of thy youth]]
*[[Sicily (Oliver Holden)|In the soft season of thy youth]]
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*[[Gospel Voice (Oliver Holden)|Ye dying sons of men]]
*[[Gospel Voice (Oliver Holden)|Ye dying sons of men]]
*[[Desire of Nations (Oliver Holden)|Ye heavenly gates, loose all your chains]]
*[[Desire of Nations (Oliver Holden)|Ye heavenly gates, loose all your chains]]
*[[Messiah (Oliver Holden)|Ye nymphs of Solima]]
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*Holden, Oliver. 1792. ''American Harmony''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver. 1792. ''American Harmony''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1793a. <i>The Union Harmony, or Universal Collection of Sacred Music</i>, Volume 1. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. xv + 120 pp.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1793a. [[The Union Harmony (Oliver Holden)|''The Union Harmony, or Universal Collection of Sacred Music'']], Volume 1. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. xv + 120 pp.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1793b. <i>The Union Harmony, or Universal Collection of Sacred Music</i>, Volume 2. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. ii + 176 pp.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1793b. [[The Union Harmony (Oliver Holden)|''The Union Harmony, or Universal Collection of Sacred Music'']], Volume 2. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. ii + 176 pp.
*Gram, Hans, Oliver Holden, and Samuel Holyoke. 1795. ''The Massachusetts Compiler of Theoretical and Practical Elements of Sacred Vocal Music''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Gram, Hans, Oliver Holden, and Samuel Holyoke. 1795. ''The Massachusetts Compiler of Theoretical and Practical Elements of Sacred Vocal Music''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1796. ''[[The Union Harmony Ed. 2 (Oliver Holden)|The Union Harmony, or Universal Collection of Sacred Music]]''. Edition 2. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Volume 1, 119 pp.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1797. ''Laus Deo! The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony''. Edition 6, 1797. Edition 7, 1800. Edition 8, 1803. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1797. ''Laus Deo! The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony''. Edition 6, 1797. Edition 7, 1800. Edition 8, 1803. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1800. ''The Modern Collection of Sacred Music''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 254 pp. ("Positively identified as Holden's work" by David Music 1998).
*Holden, Oliver. 1800. ''Sacred Dirges, Hymns, and Anthems, commemorative of the death of General George Washington''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver. 1800. ''Sacred Dirges, Hymns, and Anthems, commemorative of the death of General George Washington''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver. 1800. ''Plain Psalmody, or Supplementary Music''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver. 1800. ''[[Plain Psalmody (Oliver Holden)|Plain Psalmody]], or Supplementary Music''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. November 1800.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1803. ''The Charlestown Collection of Sacred Songs, Adapted to Public and Private Devotion''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 80 pp.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1800. ''[[The Modern Collection (Oliver Holden)|The Modern Collection]] of Sacred Music''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 254 pp. ("Positively identified as Holden's work" by David Music 1998). December 1800.
*Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1803. ''[[The Charlestown Collection (Oliver Holden)|The Charlestown Collection]] of Sacred Songs, Adapted to Public and Private Devotion''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 80 pp.
*Holden, Oliver. 1806. ''The Young Convert's Companion''. Boston: E. Lincoln.
*Holden, Oliver. 1806. ''The Young Convert's Companion''. Boston: E. Lincoln.
*Holden, Oliver. 1807. ''The Suffolk Selection of Church Musick''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
*Holden, Oliver. 1807. ''The Suffolk Selection of Church Musick''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
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Revision as of 16:57, 1 December 2018

Portrait, ca. 1810

Life

Born: 18 September 1765, Shirley, Massachusetts
Died: 4 September 1844, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Oliver Holden was one of the best-known and prolific American composers of psalmody of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. As a young man, he was a U. S. Marine aboard the frigate Dean, participating in the capture of five British ships. He lived most of his later life in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston. Unlike many composers of his era, Holden was a well known citizen, with dealings in government, religious, and charitable affairs. Though a carpenter and real estate dealer in his professional life, he also organized many music schools, and served as legislator and pastor. When George Washington visited Boston in 1789, Holden wrote the lyrics and score and trained the choir which sang the music that greeted Washington at the Old State House.
"Holden was an early proponent of 'reform psalmody' and sought to accommodate his style to European ideals of church music, without, however, completely abandoning the forms and techniques of American psalmody. Thus, his music is an interesting amalgamation of styles and musical detail" (Music 1998).
"After 1796, Holden quit signing his name to tunebooks, except for editions of the Worcester Collection. Nevertheless, several anonymous volumes of the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have been positively identified as Holden's works … These include Sacred Dirges (1800), The Modern Collection (1800), Plain Psalmody (1800), the third edition of The Union Harmony, The Charlestown Collection (1803), and Occasional Pieces (1807)" (Music 1998).

View the Wikipedia article on Oliver Holden.

NOTE. New works added to this page should be automatically placed below. Please add Listing by First Line manually.

List of choral works

LISTING BY TITLE

Many of these have two or more editions. See Listing by First Line below

1.Psalm-Tunes

2. Anthems

3. Secular Songs

 

LISTING BY FIRST LINE

Publications

  • Holden, Oliver. 1792. American Harmony. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
  • Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1793a. The Union Harmony, or Universal Collection of Sacred Music, Volume 1. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. xv + 120 pp.
  • Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1793b. The Union Harmony, or Universal Collection of Sacred Music, Volume 2. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. ii + 176 pp.
  • Gram, Hans, Oliver Holden, and Samuel Holyoke. 1795. The Massachusetts Compiler of Theoretical and Practical Elements of Sacred Vocal Music. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
  • Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1796. The Union Harmony, or Universal Collection of Sacred Music. Edition 2. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Volume 1, 119 pp.
  • Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1797. Laus Deo! The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony. Edition 6, 1797. Edition 7, 1800. Edition 8, 1803. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
  • Holden, Oliver. 1800. Sacred Dirges, Hymns, and Anthems, commemorative of the death of General George Washington. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.
  • Holden, Oliver. 1800. Plain Psalmody, or Supplementary Music. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. November 1800.
  • Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1800. The Modern Collection of Sacred Music. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 254 pp. ("Positively identified as Holden's work" by David Music 1998). December 1800.
  • Holden, Oliver, Compiler. 1803. The Charlestown Collection of Sacred Songs, Adapted to Public and Private Devotion. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 80 pp.
  • Holden, Oliver. 1806. The Young Convert's Companion. Boston: E. Lincoln.
  • Holden, Oliver. 1807. The Suffolk Selection of Church Musick. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews.

References

  • Kroeger, Karl. 1977. Isaiah Thomas as a music publisher. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 86:321-341.
  • Music, David W., Editor. 1998. Oliver Holden (1765-1844): Selected Works. New York, New York: Routledge. 258 pp.


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