Desire of Nations (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-21). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 88 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more pairs of stanzas added below, selected because they fit the music.
General Information
Title: Desire of Nations
First Line: Ye heavenly gates, loose all your chains
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.) (Watts), Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.) (Holden)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1800
Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, pp. 58-59, for three parts: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Lyric Poems, entitled Come, Lord, Jesus, with twelve stanzas. Holden used stanzas three and four in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Come, Lord Jesus (Isaac Watts).