Holland (Timothy Swan)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-30). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more stanzas included, selected from Steele's paraphrase. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-30). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 66 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more stanzas included, selected from Steele's paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Holland
First Line: Uncertain life, how soon it flies
Composer: Timothy Swan
Lyricist: Anne Steele
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Swan's The New England Harmony, 1801, p. 28. Words by Anne Steele, 1760, paraphrase of Psalm 90, in seventeen stanzas. Swan used the sixth stanza of Steele's paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.