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:'''Edition notes:''' Counter originally scored in Bass clef; transferred to Treble clef. Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn.


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Milinda''<br>
{{Title|''Milinda''}}
{{FirstLine|In vain the wealthy mortals toil}}
{{FirstLine|In vain the wealthy mortals toil}}
{{Composer|Robert Boyd}}
{{Composer|Robert Boyd}}
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{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Pub|1|1816|in ''{{NoComp|Kentucky Harmony|Ananias Davisson}}''|vol=Edition 1}}
{{Pub|1|1816|in ''{{NoComp|Kentucky Harmony|Ananias Davisson}}''|vol=Edition 1}}
 
{{Descr|A folk hymn (Jackson 1953a, no. 83), based on a seventeenth-century English song. This tune was reprinted (in all four parts) in ''[[Southern Harmony]]'', 1835, p. 89, titled "Melinda". It was re-arranged by William Hauser in his ''[[The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser)|The Hesperian Harp]]'', 1848, p. 22. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1707, Hymn 24 of Book 1, with four stanzas. Boyd used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.}}
'''Description:''' A folk hymn (Jackson 1953a, no. 83), based on a seventeenth-century English song. This tune was reprinted (in all four parts) in ''[[Southern Harmony]]'', 1835, p. 89, titled "Melinda". It was re-arranged by William Hauser in his ''[[The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser)|The Hesperian Harp]]'', 1848, p. 22. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1707, Hymn 24 of Book 1, with four stanzas. Boyd used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.
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'''External websites:'''
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{LinkText|In vain the wealthy mortals toil}}
{{LinkText|In vain the wealthy mortals toil}}

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  • (Posted 2019-04-05)  CPDL #53872:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-04-05).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Counter originally scored in Bass clef; transferred to Treble clef. Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn.

General Information

Title: Milinda
First Line: In vain the wealthy mortals toil
Composer: Robert Boyd
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1816 in Kentucky Harmony, Edition 1
Description: A folk hymn (Jackson 1953a, no. 83), based on a seventeenth-century English song. This tune was reprinted (in all four parts) in Southern Harmony, 1835, p. 89, titled "Melinda". It was re-arranged by William Hauser in his The Hesperian Harp, 1848, p. 22. Words by Isaac Watts, 1707, Hymn 24 of Book 1, with four stanzas. Boyd used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at In vain the wealthy mortals toil.