Contentment (Oliver Holden)
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- (Posted 2015-07-26) CPDL #36259:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-26). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 81 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- (Posted 2015-07-26) CPDL #36258:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-26). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 78 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Contentment
First Line: Now let the Lord my Savior smile
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.) (Watts)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1796 in The Union Harmony, Volume 1.2, p. 14-15
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 50 of Book 2, with six stanzas. Holden used stanzas one and six in his composition, doubling Watts' meter.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Now let the Lord my Savior smile.