Rising Dawn (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-13). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 57 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1800. Two more pairs of stanzas from Belknap's compilation included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-13). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 56 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas from Belknap's compilation included.
General Information
Title: Rising Dawn
First Line: Behold the rising dawn appear
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricists: Isaac Watts, James Merrick and Jeremy Belknap
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.) (Belknap), Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.) (Holden)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Words adapted by Jeremy Belknap, 1795, from Isaac Watts' 1719 and James Merrick's 1765 paraphrases of Psalm 122; Belknap's version has six stanzas (see discussion in Music 1998, p. 156). Holden used stanzas one and two of Belknap's compilation in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text Jeremy Belknap's Compilation (1795) |
Isaac Watts' Paraphrase of Psalm 122 (1719) |
James Merrick's Version of Psalm 122 (1765) |