Arabia (Oliver Holden)

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(Posted 2015-03-25) CPDL #34887:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-25). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 72 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Pub

(Posted 2015-03-25) CPDL #34888:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-03-25). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 77 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Pub

General Information

Title: Arabia
First Line: Early, my God, without delay
Composer: Oliver Holden
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 Charlestown Collection, 1803, pp. 38-39
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 63, with six stanzas. Holden used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 63.