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

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Description: First published in The Columbian Repository, 1803, p. 218. 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.