Fount (Oliver Holden)

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  • (Posted 2015-12-13)  CPDL #37841:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-12-13).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1806. All three stanzas of Robinson's hymn included.
  • (Posted 2015-12-13)  CPDL #37840:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-12-13).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All three stanzas of Robinson's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Fount
First Line: Come, thou fount of every blessing
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Robert Robinson

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 87. 87. D

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1806 in The Young Convert's Companion for two parts, no. 5
    2nd published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, no. 93
Description: Words by Robert Robinson, 1758, in three stanzas, meter 87. 87. 87. 87. Holden used the first half (87. 87) of the first stanza in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Come, thou fount of every blessing.