Vernal Day (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1803. Two more pairs of stanzas from Steele's poem added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas from Steele's poem added below.
General Information
Title: Vernal Day
First Line: When verdure clothes the fertile vale
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anne Steele
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1803 in The Charlestown Collection, 1803, p. 50
Description: Words by Anne Steele, published 1780, entitled Written in May, in nine stanzas. Holden used stanzas two and three of Steele's poem in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text How changed the face of nature shows, |
How kind the influence of the skies! |
That hand, in this hard heart of mine |