New-Jerusalem (Oliver Holden)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-10-01).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added. All eight stanzas included.

General Information

Title: New-Jerusalem
First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Charles Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 77. 77

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1793

Description: First published in The Union Harmony, 1793, p. 96. Words by Charles Wesley, 1739, as amended by George Whitefield, 1753; Whitefield's version has eight stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Hark! the herald angels sing.