Compassion (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-07-21)  CPDL #36205:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 56 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Oval note edition. The other two stanzas of Beddome's hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-07-21)  CPDL #36204:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Note shapes added (4-shape). The other two stanzas from Beddome's hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-07-21)  CPDL #36203:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 49 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1800. The other two stanzas from Beddome's hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-07-21)  CPDL #36202:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-21).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape), otherwise as written in 1800. The other two stanzas of Beddome's hymn added below.

General Information

Title: Compassion
First Line: Did Christ for sinners weep
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome

Number of voices: 2-3vv   Voicings: SB, TB or STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800 in Plain Psalmody, p. 23, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
    2nd published: 1806 in The Young Convert's Companion for two parts, no. 13
Description: Words by Benjamin Beddome, 1779, in three stanzas. Holden altered the first line of Beddome's hymn from "Did Christ o'er sinners weep" to "Did Christ for sinners weep."

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Did Christ o'er sinners weep.