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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 | "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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*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. | *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. | *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. 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
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
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Oliver Holden compositions
LISTING BY TITLE
Many of these have two or more editions. See Listing by First Line below
1.Psalm-Tunes
- Aberdeen (Oliver Holden)
- Acceptance (Oliver Holden)
- Addison (Oliver Holden)
- Advent (Oliver Holden)
- Alibama (Oliver Holden)
- Alpha (Oliver Holden)
- Alstead (Oliver Holden)
- Amiens (Oliver Holden)
- Andover (Oliver Holden)
- Anstruther (Oliver Holden)
- Antipatris (Oliver Holden)
- Arabia (Oliver Holden)
- Ashby (Oliver Holden)
- Aspiring Praise (Oliver Holden)
- Athens (Oliver Holden)
- Auspicious Morn (Oliver Holden)
- Avon (Oliver Holden)
- Beneficence (Oliver Holden)
- Bensalem (Oliver Holden)
- Bethlehem Judah (Oliver Holden)
- Bethsaida (Oliver Holden)
- Bitter Sweet (Oliver Holden)
- Bourbon (Oliver Holden)
- Bright Reversion (Oliver Holden)
- Camden (Oliver Holden)
- Cana (Oliver Holden)
- Canton (Oliver Holden)
- Ceylon (Oliver Holden)
- Chosen Race (Oliver Holden)
- Commemoration (Oliver Holden)
- Compassion (Oliver Holden)
- Concord (Oliver Holden)
- Confession (Oliver Holden)
- Confidence (Oliver Holden)
- Consecration (Oliver Holden)
- Constant Peace (Oliver Holden)
- Contentment (Oliver Holden)
- Contrast (Oliver Holden)
- Contrition (Oliver Holden)
- Corinth (Oliver Holden)
- Coronation (Oliver Holden)
- Cowper (Oliver Holden)
- Creation (Oliver Holden)
- The Cross (Oliver Holden)
- Cuba (Oliver Holden)
- Danville (Oliver Holden)
- Dawning Light (Oliver Holden)
- Dedicatory Hymn (Oliver Holden)
- Deliverance (Oliver Holden)
- Dependence (Oliver Holden)
- Desertion (Oliver Holden)
- Desire of Nations (Oliver Holden)
- Dissolution (Oliver Holden)
- Dix-Hills (Oliver Holden)
- Edenton (Oliver Holden)
- Emulation (Oliver Holden)
- Ephesus (Oliver Holden)
- Erie (Oliver Holden)
- Essex (Oliver Holden)
- Eternal Wisdom (Oliver Holden)
- Euphrates (Oliver Holden)
- Evening Hymn (Oliver Holden)
- Exultation (Oliver Holden)
- Fairlee (Oliver Holden)
- Forerunner (Oliver Holden)
- Fount (Oliver Holden)
- Funeral Hymn (1800) (Oliver Holden)
- Funeral Hymn (Oliver Holden)
- Gift (Oliver Holden)
- Gilead (Oliver Holden)
- Good Physician (Oliver Holden)
- Gospel Armor (Oliver Holden)
- Gospel Voice (Oliver Holden)
- Hanley Green (Oliver Holden)
- Havanna (Oliver Holden)
- Havre (Oliver Holden)
- Healing Mercy (Oliver Holden)
- Heavenly Theme (Oliver Holden)
- Hollis (Oliver Holden)
- Hope (Oliver Holden)
- Hopkinton (Oliver Holden)
- Hundred and Forty-Fifth Psalm (Oliver Holden)
- Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm (Oliver Holden)
- Iceland (Oliver Holden)
- Idumea (Oliver Holden)
- Immanuel (Oliver Holden)
- Incense (Oliver Holden)
- Infant Time (Oliver Holden)
- Interposition (Oliver Holden)
- Jehovah Reigns (Oliver Holden)
- Joy Was Our Song (Oliver Holden)
- Joyful Tidings (Oliver Holden)
- Kamalia (Oliver Holden)
- Lamentation (Oliver Holden)
- Lincoln (Oliver Holden)
- Lodi (Oliver Holden)
- Lord's Day (Oliver Holden)
- Louisiana (Oliver Holden)
- Luneville (Oliver Holden)
- Lynn (Oliver Holden)
- Lynnfield (Oliver Holden)
- Macedonia (Oliver Holden)
- Magdala (Oliver Holden)
- Mantua (Oliver Holden)
- Medina (Oliver Holden)
- Mercy Seat (Oliver Holden)
- Miami (Oliver Holden)
- Middlesex (Oliver Holden)
- Morning (Oliver Holden)
- Mount Carmel (Oliver Holden)
- Mount Tabor (Oliver Holden)
- Mountain (Oliver Holden)
- Mysterious Grace (Oliver Holden)
- Neglected Harp (Oliver Holden)
- New Canaan (Oliver Holden)
- New Concord (Oliver Holden)
- New Salem (Oliver Holden)
- New-Jerusalem (Oliver Holden)
- New-Union (Oliver Holden)
- Obedience (Oliver Holden)
- Olney (Oliver Holden)
- Omega (Oliver Holden)
- Opening Heavens (Oliver Holden)
- Oracle (Oliver Holden)
- Ordination Hymn (Oliver Holden)
- Paradise (Oliver Holden)
- Penetration (Oliver Holden)
- Persia (Oliver Holden)
- Philippi (Oliver Holden)
- Pilgrim's Song (Oliver Holden)
- Praise To God (Oliver Holden)
- Promise (Oliver Holden)
- Protection (Oliver Holden)
- Psalm 148 (Oliver Holden)
- Radiant Seraph (Oliver Holden)
- Rapture (Oliver Holden)
- Repentant Song (Oliver Holden)
- Resolution (Oliver Holden)
- Rest (Oliver Holden)
- Retirement (Oliver Holden)
- Review (Oliver Holden)
- Reviving Hope (Oliver Holden)
- Richmond (Oliver Holden)
- Rising Dawn (Oliver Holden)
- The Rock (Oliver Holden)
- Romelia (Oliver Holden)
- Sabbath Morn (Oliver Holden)
- Salem (1803) (Oliver Holden)
- Salem (Oliver Holden)
- Seclusion (Oliver Holden)
- See He Rises (Oliver Holden)
- Serepta (Oliver Holden)
- Shiloh (Oliver Holden)
- Sicily (Oliver Holden)
- Sincerity (Oliver Holden)
- Smyrna (Oliver Holden)
- Solemnity (Oliver Holden)
- Solicitude (Oliver Holden)
- Solid Pleasures (Oliver Holden)
- Sparta (Oliver Holden)
- St. Alban's (Oliver Holden)
- St. Marc (Oliver Holden)
- St. Mary (Oliver Holden)
- Stone Chapel (Oliver Holden)
- Submission (Oliver Holden)
- Sun (Oliver Holden)
- Surety (Oliver Holden)
- Suspension (Oliver Holden)
- Sweet Complaint (Oliver Holden)
- Sweet Surprise (Oliver Holden)
- Temple (Oliver Holden)
- Tender Thoughts (Oliver Holden)
- Tennessee (Oliver Holden)
- Tis Finished (Oliver Holden)
- Transition (Oliver Holden)
- Treasure (Oliver Holden)
- True Devotion (Oliver Holden)
- Trust (Oliver Holden)
- Ur (Oliver Holden)
- Various Praise (Oliver Holden)
- Vergennes (Oliver Holden)
- Vernal Day (Oliver Holden)
- Verona (Oliver Holden)
- Vine (Oliver Holden)
- Weary Pilgrim (Oliver Holden)
- Weeping Sinner (Oliver Holden)
- Welcome (Oliver Holden)
- Welcome Morn (Oliver Holden)
- Why weepest thou? (Oliver Holden)
- Winter-Street (Oliver Holden)
- Zion (Oliver Holden)
2. Anthems
- Christmas (Oliver Holden)
- Dedicatory Anthem (Oliver Holden)
- From heaven the loud, the angelic song (Oliver Holden)
- Hark! She bids all her friends adieu (Oliver Holden)
- Hark! What distant music (Oliver Holden)
- Hear my cry, hear my cry (Oliver Holden)
- How amiable are Thy tabernacles (Oliver Holden)
- I will praise Thee, O Lord my God (Oliver Holden)
- Jehovah speaks! (Oliver Holden)
- Man that is born of a woman (Oliver Holden)
- Messiah (Oliver Holden)
- Ode to Harmony (Oliver Holden)
- Ode to Music (Oliver Holden)
- Psalm for Thanksgiving Day (Oliver Holden)
- The sound of the harp ceaseth (Oliver Holden)
- West End (Oliver Holden)
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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