Piedmont (Samuel Holyoke)

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  • (Posted 2017-01-17)  CPDL #42688:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-01-17).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1803. Four more pairs of stanzas included, from Watts' paraphrase. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2017-01-17)  CPDL #42686:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-01-17).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more pairs of stanzas included, from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Piedmont
First Line: Now let our lips with holy fear
Composer: Samuel Holyoke
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredSet piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in The Columbian Repository, p. 88

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 69, Part 2, with ten stanzas. Holyoke used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 69.