Compassion (Oliver Holden)
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- (Posted 2015-07-21) CPDL #36204:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 66 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Note shapes added (4-shape). The other two stanzas from Beddome's hymn added below.
- (Posted 2015-07-21) CPDL #36203:
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 49 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1800. The other two stanzas from Beddome's hymn added below.
- (Posted 2015-07-21) CPDL #36202:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape), otherwise as written in 1800. The other two stanzas of Beddome's hymn added below.
General Information
Title: Compassion
First Line: Did Christ for sinners weep
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1800
Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, p. 23, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words by Benjamin Beddome, 1779, in three stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text
Did Christ o'er sinners weep? (a)
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from every eye.
The Son of God in tears!
Angels with wonder see,
Be thou astonished, O my soul,
He shed those tears for thee.
The Son of God in tears!
Angels with wonder see,
Be thou astonished, O my soul,
He shed those tears for thee.
By Benjamin Beddome, based on John 19:42
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- (a) Holden has "Christ for sinners weep."