Dawning Light (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-07-14)  CPDL #36054:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-14).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 62 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Counter part written. The other five stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included, renumbered.

• (Posted 2015-07-14)  CPDL #36053:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 76 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Counter part written. Note shapes added (4-shape). The other five stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included, renumbered.

• (Posted 2015-07-14)  CPDL #36052:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-14).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1800. The other five stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included, renumbered.

• (Posted 2015-07-14)  CPDL #36051:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 69 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape), otherwise as written in 1800. The other five stanzas of Watts' paraphrase are included, renumbered to fit Holden's composition.

General Information

Title: Dawning Light
First Line: From the first dawning light
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800 in Plain Psalmody, p. 26, voiced for Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 25, in six stanzas. Holden used stanza three in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 25.