Alcester (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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• CPDL #15397:    NoteWorthy Composer

Contributor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-13).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 21 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version in English from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 21 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB

General Information

Tune: Alcester
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns settings Meter: 77. 77
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published: Lyrics: Jo­si­ah Con­der, in The Cleve­land Psalt­er, by Arch­dea­con Chur­ton, 1854; Tune: Alcester.

Description:

External websites:

• Cyber Hymnal entry for Alcester

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Hallelujah! raise, O raise

To our God the song of praise;

All His servants join to sing

God our Savior and our King.

2.

Blessèd be forevermore

That dread Name which we adore;

Round the world His praise be sung

Through all lands, in every tongue.

3.

O’er all nations God alone,

Higher than the heav’ns His throne;

Who is like to God most high,

Infinite in majesty!

4.

Yet to view the heav’ns He bends;

Yea, to earth He condescends;

Passing by the rich and great,

For the low and desolate.

5.

He can raise the poor to stand

With the princes of the land;

Wealth upon the needy shower;

Set him with the high in power.

6.

He the broken spirit cheers:

Turns to joy the mourner’s tears;

Such the wonders of His ways;

Praise His Name, forever praise!

Lyrics: Jo­si­ah Con­der, in The Cleve­land Psalt­er, by Arch­dea­con Chur­ton, 1854.