Ryegate (Samuel Holyoke)
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- (Posted 2016-11-25) CPDL #42045:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-11-25). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Four more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- (Posted 2016-11-25) CPDL #42044:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-11-25). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 68 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn included.
General Information
Title: Ryegate
First Line: In vain we lavish out our lives
Composer: Samuel Holyoke
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1803 in The Columbian Repository, p. 218
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1707; Hymn 8 of Book 1, in ten stanzas. Holyoke used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at In vain we lavish out our lives.