Joy to the World (George Frederic Handel)

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Music files

See also the Christmas Songbook

• CPDL #7056:

Editor: Edward L. Stauff (added 2004-05-20).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: a cappella

• CPDL #1717:

Editor: Christopher R. Baker (added 2000-11-27).   Score information: 1 page   Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 1.0

Edition notes: a cappella

• CPDL #623:

Editor: Unknown (added 1999-12-07).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 20 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: a cappella

The external link for the following edition has been removed because it plagurises another arrangement which is under copyright.

• CPDL #1960

Editor: [Removed] (added 2001-01-11).   Score information: 4 pages   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Joy to the World
Composer: Lowell Mason (1792-1872), 1836 (based on themes by George Frederic Handel)
Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or optional keyboard
Published: Collection of Tunes (Thomas Hawkes, 1833)

Description:

External websites:

• CyberHymnal entry for Joy to the World
• CyberHymnal note about the origins of the tune

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Joy to the world! The Lord is come;

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare Him room,

and heaven and nature sing.

2.

Joy to the world! The Saviour reigns;

Let men their songs employ,

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains

repeat the sounding joy.

3.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground;

He comes to make His blessings flow

Far as, far as, the curse is found.

4.

He rules the world, with truth and grace,

and makes the nations prove

the glories of His righteousness

and wonders of His love.