Bright Reversion (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-08). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 79 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Counter added, so now is 4-part Treble-Counter-Tenor-Bass; re-barred and note values extended to eliminate need for fermata; 4/4 time started one measure earlier. Three more pairs of stanzas from Steele's hymn included (stanzas 3 and 4, 5 and 1, 7 and 8).
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-08). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 2 pages, 82 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Counter added, so now is 4-part Treble-Counter-Tenor-Bass; re-barred and note values extended to eliminate need for fermata; 4/4 time started one measure earlier. Three more pairs of stanzas from Steele's hymn included (stanzas 3 and 4, 5 and 1, 7 and 8).
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-08). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 137 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1800. Three more pairs of stanzas from Steele's hymn added below (stanzas 3 and 4, 5 and 1, 7 and 8).
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-08). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 140 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape), otherwise as written in 1800. Three more pairs of stanzas from Steele's hymn added below (stanzas 3 and 4, 5 and 1, 7 and 8).
General Information
Title: Bright Reversion
First Line: When conscious grief laments sincere
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anne Steele
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1800 in Plain Psalmody, p. 37
Description: Words by Anne Steele, 1760, hymn entitled Happy poverty; or, the poor in spirit blessed, eight stanzas. Holden used stanzas two and six in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text Ye humble souls, complain no more, |
A kingdom which can ne'er decay, |
Happy poverty; or, the poor in spirit blessed by Anne Steele, based on Matthew 5:3