Avon (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-18). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1806. The other four stanzas of Doddridge's hymn added below. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-18). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 51 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Doddridge's hymn added below.
General Information
Title: Avon
First Line: Arise, my tenderest thoughts, arise
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Philip Doddridge
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Sacred Minstrel, 1806, p. 59. Words by Philip Doddridge, 1755, in five stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Arise, my tenderest thoughts, arise, |
3. See the short course of vain delight |
5. But feeble my compassion proves; |