Canton (Oliver Holden)

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  • (Posted 2015-07-29)  CPDL #36343:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif MusicXML.png
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-29).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1796. Two more pairs of stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2015-07-29)  CPDL #36342:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below.

General Information

Title: Canton
First Line: How did my heart rejoice to hear
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in The Union Harmony, 1796, pp. 106-107. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 122, in six stanzas. Holden used stanzas one and three in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 122.