Desertion (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2016-01-10)  CPDL #38122: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-10).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 76 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1806. All four stanzas of Hart's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Desertion
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: Sacred

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1806

Description: Published in The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806, p. 104. In original, words by Joseph Hart, 1769, hymn called Desertion, with four stanzas. Words substituted here by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 146, with six stanzas.

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