Grosvenor (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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• CPDL #15413:   NoteWorthy Composer

Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-14).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 21 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

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

General Information

Title: Grosvenor
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns     Meter:  78.78
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published: Tune: Gros­ve­nor (Wes­ley), Sam­u­el S. Wes­ley, Eur­o­pe­an Psalm­ist, 1872; Lyrics: Liturgy of St. James, 4th Cen­tu­ry (Σιγησατο παρα σαρξ βροτεια); trans­lat­ed from Greek to Eng­lish by Arthur J. Mason in Hymns An­­cient and Mo­­dern, 1916.

Description:

External websites:

• Cyber Hymnal entry for Grosvenor

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Not a thought of earthly things!

Every head in awe be bended:

Christ our God, the King of kings,

Comes by angel troops attended.

2.

Forth He comes, a victim He

For the wide world’s need availing,

And His people’s food to be,

With Himself their souls regaling.

3.

Cherubim with watchful eyes,

Seraphim their brows concealing,

Powers and principalities,

Cry aloud, like thunder pealing.

Lyrics: Liturgy of St. James, 4th Cen­tu­ry (Σιγησατο παρα σαρξ βροτεια); trans­lat­ed from Greek to Eng­lish by Arthur J. Mason in Hymns An­­cient and Mo­­dern, 1916.