Ode to Music (Oliver Holden)
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- (Posted 2016-01-17) CPDL #38217:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-17). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 97 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- (Posted 2016-01-17) CPDL #38216:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-17). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 82 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Ode to Music
First Line: Tis thine, sweet power
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Alexander Pope
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Secular, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1792 in Oliver Holden's American Harmony; revised 1800
Description: Words adapted from Alexander Pope, Ode for St. Cecelia's Day, 1708, lines 16-21.
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Original text and translations
English text
'Tis thine, sweet power,
to raise the thought sublime;
Quell each rude passion and the heart refine.
Soft are thy strains,
as Gabriel's gentlest string.
Calm as the breathing zephyrs
of the spring.