Joy Was Our Song (Oliver Holden)

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  • (Posted 2015-07-17)  CPDL #36115:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif MusicXML
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-17).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Counter written and music edited by B. C. Johnston, 2015. The other three stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.
  • (Posted 2015-07-17)  CPDL #36114:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-17).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 63 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Counter written and music edited by B. C. Johnston, 2015. The other three stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.
  • (Posted 2015-07-17)  CPDL #36113:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif MusicXML
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-17).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Edited to eliminate need for fermata. The other three stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.
  • (Posted 2015-07-17)  CPDL #36112:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-17).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Edited to eliminate need for fermata. The other three stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Joy Was Our Song
First Line: When God restored our captive state
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1800

Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, p. 36, voiced for three parts: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words by Isaac Watts, his paraphrase of Psalm 126, with four stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 126.