From heaven the loud, the angelic song (Oliver Holden)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-21).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 162 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. A few small edits, otherwise as written in 1793.

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Title: From heaven the loud, the angelic song
Composer: Oliver Holden
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: String ensemble

Published: 1793

Description: First published in The Union Harmony, 1793, Vol. 2, pp. 15-23. This anthem is mostly a cappella, with short interludes for four-piece string ensemble. Words "from Lady Huntingdon's Collection", beginning with a hymn by Walter shirley from that work, 1773.
The first choral portion of this composition is for three vocal parts (Treble-Tenor-Bass); the last half was written for four vocal parts.

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