Paradise (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-07-31)  CPDL #36358:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-31).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 61 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1796. Another pair of stanzas selected from Watts' hymn included.

• (Posted 2015-07-31)  CPDL #36357:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-31).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 61 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas from Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: Paradise
First Line: Now to the shining realms above
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1796 in The Union Harmony, Volume 1.2, p. 110-111
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 11 of Book 2, in five stanzas. Holden used stanzas four and five of Watts' hymn in his composition, doubling Watts' meter.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at I send the joys of earth away.