Ode on music
( Descend, ye Nine! ; Wake into voice ; In a sadly pleasing strain )
Holden, Oliver (1765-1844) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Broude Brothers Ltd.
[USA]
, 1974
; in Western Wind American tune-book : Vocal music of the Revolutionary and Federal Era
(276 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution:
Bennett, Lawrence
Type of material:
Full score
ISMN/ISBN :
0845000764
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
18th century
(1750-1799)
Genre-Style-Form:
Ode ; Secular
Mood of the piece:
lively ; majestic
Type of Choir:
STB (3 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Soprano (1) (1 soloist(s))
Instrumentation:
Continuo
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Basso continuo
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
D major
Musicological Sources:
This edition based upon the version found in the American Harmony (Boston, 1792).
Source of text:
Opening lines of Alexander Pope's "Ode for music on Saint Cecilia's Day"
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
M2081.W523 B7 (1 copies)