Ryegate (Samuel Holyoke)

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• (Posted 2016-11-25)  CPDL #42045:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-11-25).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Four more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn included.

• (Posted 2016-11-25)  CPDL #42044:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-11-25).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more pairs of stanzas from Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: Ryegate
First Line: In vain we lavish out our lives
Composer: Samuel Holyoke
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in The Columbian Repository, p. 218
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1707; Hymn 8 of Book 1, in ten stanzas. Holyoke used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at In vain we lavish out our lives.