Arabia (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-25). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 72 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Published in 1803 with the first two stanzas of Isaac Watts' paraphrase; two more pairs of stanzas added below. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-25). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 77 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Published in 1803 with the first two stanzas of Isaac Watts' paraphrase; two more pairs of stanzas added below. Re-formatted 2016-06-10.
General Information
Title: Arabia
First Line: Early, my God, without delay
Composer: Oliver Holden
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: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 63, with six stanzas. Holden used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 63.