Smyrna (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-09-10)  CPDL #36742:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-10).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1796. The other two stanzas of Watts' hymn included.

• (Posted 2015-09-10)  CPDL #36740:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-10).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 47 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other pair of stanzas of Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: Smyrna
First Line: Why should the children of a King
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1796 in The Union Harmony, Volume 1.2, p. 95
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 144 of Book 1, with four stanzas. Holden used the first and fourth stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Why should the children of a King.