Lamentation (Oliver Holden)
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- (Posted 2015-07-20) CPDL #36188: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-20). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Four-part version. Oval note edition. Counter written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Slightly edited to equalize phrases. Nine stanzas selected from Watts' poem added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-20). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 65 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Four-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). Counter written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Slightly edited to equalize phrases. Nine stanzas selected from Watts' poem added below.
- (Posted 2015-07-20) CPDL #36186: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-20). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1792, slightly edited to equalize phrases. Nine stanzas selected from Watts' poem added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-20). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 54 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). Slightly edited to equalize phrases. Nine stanzas selected from Watts' poem added below.
General Information
Title: Lamentation
First Line: Earth has detained me prisoner long
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1792
Description: First published in American Harmony, 1792, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Lyric Poems, Book 1, entitled The Song of Angels Above, in 22 stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Earth has detained me prisoner long, |
8. And now they sink the lofty tone, |
15. Seraph and saint, with dropping wings, |
The Song of Angels Above by Isaac Watts