Vernal Day (Oliver Holden)
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- (Posted 2015-08-28) CPDL #36647: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1803. Two more pairs of stanzas from Steele's poem added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas from Steele's poem added below.
General Information
Title: Vernal Day
First Line: When verdure clothes the fertile vale
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anne Steele
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1803
Description: First published in The Charlestown Collection, 1803, p. 50. Words by Anne Steele, published 1780, entitled Written in May, in nine stanzas. Holden used stanzas two and three of Steele's poem in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text How changed the face of nature shows, |
How kind the influence of the skies! |
That hand, in this hard heart of mine |