Gospel Armor (Oliver Holden): Difference between revisions
(→Music files: Created MID file from PDF, uploaded and added link) |
m (→Original text and translations: Applied newest form of Text template) |
||
Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{top}} | {{top}} | ||
{{Text|English| | |||
Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears, | Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears, | ||
And gird the gospel armor on, | And gird the gospel armor on, | ||
Line 44: | Line 43: | ||
Eternal chains confine him down | Eternal chains confine him down | ||
To fiery deeps and endless night. | To fiery deeps and endless night. | ||
What though thine inward lusts rebel, | What though thine inward lusts rebel, | ||
'Tis but a struggling gasp for life; | 'Tis but a struggling gasp for life; | ||
Line 60: | Line 57: | ||
And triumph in almighty grace, | And triumph in almighty grace, | ||
While all the armies of the skies | While all the armies of the skies | ||
Join in my glorious Leader's praise. | Join in my glorious Leader's praise.}} | ||
{{bottom}} | {{bottom}} | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 18 March 2015
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-02-10). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 39 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Holden published this work in 1803 with the first stanza of Watts' hymn in the first part in G, and half of the second stanza in a second part in E minor. I repeated the second part with the rest of stanza 2, and placed stanzas 3-4 and 5-6 in like manner below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-02-10). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Holden published this work in 1803 with the first stanza of Watts' hymn in the first part in G, and half of the second stanza in a second part in E minor. I repeated the second part with the rest of stanza 2, and placed stanzas 3-4 and 5-6 in like manner below.
General Information
Title: Gospel Armor
First Line: Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1803
Description: Published in The Charlestown Collection, 1803, p. 26. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 77 of Book 2.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears, |