Compassion (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 56 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Oval note edition. The other two stanzas of Beddome's hymn added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 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.
- 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.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 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: 2-3vv Voicings: SB, TB or STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1800 in Plain Psalmody, p. 23, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
2nd published: 1806 in The Young Convert's Companion for two parts, no. 13
Description: Words by Benjamin Beddome, 1779, in three stanzas. Holden altered the first line of Beddome's hymn from "Did Christ o'er sinners weep" to "Did Christ for sinners weep."
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Did Christ o'er sinners weep.