Hosanna to the prince of light (Joseph Stephenson)

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• (Posted 2014-10-03)  CPDL #33069:        (Sibelius 7)

Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2014-10-03).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: The bass note in bar 12, given here as an E, is printed in the source as the A a perfect fourth higher. Only the first verse of the text is given in the source: three further verses have been added editorially. The order of parts in the source is Tenor - Alto - Air - [Bass].

General Information

Title: Hosanna to the prince of light
Composer: Joseph Stephenson
Arranger: Thomas Jarman
Tune: Ascension
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1813 in Sacred Music, consisting of a Third Set of Psalms, Hymns and Anthems, London, p. 23
Description: The tune is adapated from Joseph Stephenson's tune for Psalm 8 in the metrical New Version, O thou to whom all creatures bow, but Jarman gives no attribution for this tune. Hymn Tune Index tune numbers 2615 (for Stephenson's original) and 14547 (for Jarman's arrangement).

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Hosanna to the prince of light.