Forerunner (Oliver Holden)
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- (Posted 2015-08-28) CPDL #36639:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 72 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other pair of stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Forerunner
First Line: Far, far beyond these lower skies
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Samuel Medley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1803
Description: First published in The Charlestown Collection, 1803, pp. 62-63. Words by Samuel Medley, 1789, entitled Forerunner, with four stanzas. Holden used the first two stanzas of Medley's hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Far, far beyond these lower skies.