Ceylon (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-07-20)  CPDL #36197: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-20).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other five stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below, renumbered. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

• (Posted 2015-07-20)  CPDL #36196: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-20).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 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

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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.