Hail, Gladdening Light (Charles Wood)
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- Editor: Denis Mason (added 2004-12-05). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 348 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: The editor has omitted Wood's final "Amen". Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
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General Information
Title: Hail, Gladdening Light
Composer: Charles Wood
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: It is common practice to omitt the final two bars ("Amen") as it can be argued that they make for an anti-climatic ending.
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Original text and translations
Greek text
- Φώς ιλαρόν αγίας δόξης αθανάτου Πατρός,
- ουρανίου, αγίου, μάκαρος,
- Ιησού Χριστέ,
- ελθόντες επί τήν ηλίου δύσιν,
- ιδόντες φώς εσπερινόν,
- υμνούμεν Πατέρα, Υιόν,
- καί άγιον Πνεύμα, Θεόν,
- Αξιόν σε εν πάσι καιροίς
- υμνείσθαι φωναίς αισίαις,
- Υιέ Θεού,
- ζωήν ο διδούς,
- διό ο κόσμος σέ δοξάζει.
English text
- Hail! gladdening Light, of His pure glory poured
- Who is th'immortal Father, heavenly, blest,
- Holiest of Holies--Jesus Christ our Lord!
- Now we are come to the Sun's hour of rest;
- The lights of evening round us shine;
- We hymn the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit divine!
- Worthiest art thou at all times to be sung
- With undefiled tongue,
- Son of our God, giver of life, alone:
- Therefore in all the world thy glories, Lord, they own. Amen.
John Keble's translation of the early Christian hymn Φως ιλαρον.
