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==Musical settings of literary works==
==Musical settings of literary works==
*''Adieu to earth with all your joy'' (Hymn 76, Book 3, 1786) – [[Yarmouth (Samuel Holyoke)]] 4 vo. 1791
*''Adieu to earth with all your joy'' (Hymn 76, Book 3, 1786) – [[Yarmouth (Samuel Holyoke)]] 4 vo. 1791
*''[[Hard heart of mine, O that the Lord]]'' (Hymn 19, Book 1, 1798 – [[Sunbury (Samuel Holyoke)]] 4 vo. 1791
*''Jesus the Lord forever reigns'' (Hymn 79, Book 3, 1786) – [[Sweden (Samuel Holyoke)]] 4 vo. 1791
*''Jesus the Lord forever reigns'' (Hymn 79, Book 3, 1786) – [[Sweden (Samuel Holyoke)]] 4 vo. 1791
*''[[Now can my soul in God rejoice]]'' (Hymn 65, Book 4, 1786)
*''[[Now can my soul in God rejoice]]'' (Hymn 65, Book 4, 1786)
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*''O how distressing was the scene'' (Hymn 8, Book 3, 1786) – [[Vienna (Samuel Holyoke)]] 3 vo. 1791
*''O how distressing was the scene'' (Hymn 8, Book 3, 1786) – [[Vienna (Samuel Holyoke)]] 3 vo. 1791
*''Soon shall I quit this mortal shore'' (Hymn 86, Book 3, 1786) – [[Deliverance (Oliver Holden)]] 3 vo. 1793
*''Soon shall I quit this mortal shore'' (Hymn 86, Book 3, 1786) – [[Deliverance (Oliver Holden)]] 3 vo. 1793
*''[[One spark, O God, of heavenly fire|Too mean this little globe for me]]'' (Hymn 39, Book 5, 1786) – [[Edenvale (Samuel Holyoke)]] 4 vo. 1791
*''Why will ye die, O wretched man'' (Hymn 7, Book 2, 1798) – [[Cyrene (Samuel Holyoke)]] 4 vo. 1791
*''Why will ye die, O wretched man'' (Hymn 7, Book 2, 1798) – [[Cyrene (Samuel Holyoke)]] 4 vo. 1791



Revision as of 01:14, 10 April 2019

Life

Born: 14 June 1748

Died: 2 February 1784

Biography

Henry Alline, born at Newport, Rhode Island, was an itinerant preacher throughout Maritime Canada and northeastern New England, but is particularly associated with Nova Scotia: the third edition of his Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (Dover: Samuel Bragg Jr., 1797) contains 488 hymns, although the last of one these is not by Alline himself, and is marked 'By B.R.'.

View the Wikipedia article on Henry Alline.

 

Musical settings of literary works

Confidence (Oliver Holden) 4 vo. 1796
Now can my soul in God rejoice (J. West) 4 vo. 1807

Publications

  • Alline, Henry. 1786. Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. Boston: Peter Edes. Second Edition, 1795. Third Edition, 1797. Fourth Edition, 1802.

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