Sterling (Samuel Holyoke)

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• (Posted 2020-09-10)  CPDL #60505:          Score information: Letter, 1 page, 55 kB    – Oval notes.
• (Posted 2020-09-10)  CPDL #60504:        Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 47 kB    – Four-shape notes.

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-09-10).   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version: Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2020. Three more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

• (Posted 2020-09-10)  CPDL #60503:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-09-10).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Sterling
First Line: Great Shepherd of thine Israel
Composer: Samuel Holyoke
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3-4vv   Voicings: STB or SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in The Columbian Repository
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 80, with twelve stanzas. Holyoke used the first two stanzas in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 80.