Andover (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-20). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 46 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Three more pairs of stanzas from Watts' poem included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-20). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 139 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more pairs of stanzas from Watts' poem added below.
General Information
Title: Andover
First Line: Of all the joys that mortals know
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1800 in Plain Psalmody, pp. 50-51, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Lyric Poems, entitled Love to Christ, Present or Absent. Holden used the first two stanzas of Watts' poem in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Of all the joys we mortals know.