This is the record of John (Orlando Gibbons)

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• (Posted 2020-05-22)  CPDL #58744:       

Editor: James Wetzel (submitted 2020-05-22).   Score information: Letter, 11 pages, 120 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: a half step lower into E.

• (Posted 2018-03-13)  CPDL #49022:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-03-13).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 117 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: a minor third higher.

• (Posted 2010-08-21)  CPDL #22158:      (Sibelius 6)

Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2010-08-21).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: In original key: top line is suitable for any voice capable of taking a "mean" part.

• (Posted 2008-10-31)  CPDL #18209:        (Sibelius 5)

Editor: Anthony Wilson (submitted 2008-10-31).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 90 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: a minor third higher. Does not specify verse passages. Accompaniment on separate staves.

• (Posted 1999-05-14)  CPDL #00147:         

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 1999-05-14).   Score information: Letter, 13 pages, 126 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: a minor third higher. Accompaniment on singers' staves.

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: a few minor errors. See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: This is the record of John
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Source of text: John 1: 19-23

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SAATB or ATTBB
Verse: Tenor in original key, alto in transposed editions
Genre: Sacred, Anthem, Verse anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Organ or viol consort

    Manuscript c. 1625-1640 in the Peterhouse Partbooks: Latter Caroline Set (John Cosin)
Description: Verse anthem in 5 parts for voices and instruments/organ. Apt for Advent III B

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• 1970 YouTube performance (Guildford Cathedral Choir) - Barry Rose

Original text and translations

English text

This is the record of John,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,
Who art thou?
And he confessed and denied not, and said plainly,
I am not the Christ.

And they asked him, What art thou then? Art thou Elias?
And he said, I am not.
Art thou the prophet?
And he answered, No.

Then said they unto him,
What art thou? that we may give an answer unto them that sent us.
What sayest thou of thyself?
And he said, I am the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Make straight the way of the Lord.