Zion (Oliver Holden)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
Midi | |
MusicXML | |
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-29). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 58 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other three stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-29). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other three stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added.
General Information
Title: Zion
First Line: Lo, what an entertaining sight
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1792 in Oliver Holden's American Harmony
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 133, in four stanzas.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 133.