Salem (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-07-19)  CPDL #36170:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 55 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version (Treble-Counter-Tenor-Bass). Oval note edition. Counter written and music revised by B. C. Johnston, 2015. The other six stanzas from Watts' poem added below.

• (Posted 2015-07-19)  CPDL #36169:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-19).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 58 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version (Treble-Counter-Tenor-Bass). Note shapes added (4-shape). Counter written and music revised by B. C. Johnston, 2015. The other six stanzas from Watts' poem added below.

• (Posted 2015-07-19)  CPDL #36168:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition. Revised by B. C. Johnston, 2015. The other six stanzas of Watts' poem added below.

• (Posted 2015-07-19)  CPDL #36166:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-19).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 55 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). Revised by B. C. Johnston, 2015. The other six stanzas of Watts' poem added below.

General Information

Title: Salem
First Line: Some seraph, lend your heavenly tongue
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in The Union Harmony, Volume 2, p. 160
    2nd published: 1800 in The Modern Collection, p. 160, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Lyric Poems, Book 1, entitled The Infinite, with seven stanzas.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Some seraph, lend your heavenly tongue.