Leicester (Samuel Holyoke)
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- (Posted 2020-07-06) CPDL #59545:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-07-06). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Columbian Repository, 1803.
General Information
Title: Leicester
First Line: Blest are the souls that hear and know
Composer: Samuel Holyoke
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1803 in The Columbian Repository
Description: A long, anthem-like set piece. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 89, Part 3, with three stanzas. Holyoke used all three stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 89.