I heard a voice from heaven (Thomas Tomkins)

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• (Posted 2025-09-14)  CPDL #86805:           

with Accompaniment  

Practice Files:

• MP3 Practice Files: Soprano:   Alto:   Tenor:   Bass:  

• Midi Practice Files: Soprano:   Alto:   Tenor:   Bass:  

Editor: William Chimiak (submitted 2025-09-14).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 85 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Based on James Gibb's work. The Accompaniment is hidden but contained in the .mxl and .mscz files.

• (Posted 2021-02-13)  CPDL #62869:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-02-13).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 72 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A bar-less edition of the anthem, in F♯ minor.

• (Posted 2012-01-15)  CPDL #25382:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-01-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 61 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: E minor. Revised files uploaded 21/03/18.

• (Posted 2006-10-24)  CPDL #12908:   

Editor: Jon Riding (submitted 2006-10-24).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 133 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: For the choir of St John the Baptist, Devizes. All Souls 2006. F minor. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score..

• (Posted 2004-05-31)  CPDL #07130:        (Finale 2003)

Editor: Wagner Dias (submitted 2004-05-31).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 276 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: F minor.

General Information

Title: I heard a voice from heaven
Composer: Thomas Tomkins
Source of Text: Revelation 14:13 as in Book of Common Prayer, 1549.

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem, Burial service

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1668 in Musica Deo sacra, no. 4.30
Description: A setting of a text based on Revelation 14:13, from the Order for the Burial of the Dead in the Book of Common Prayer. Part 4 of Tomkins's anthem I am the resurrection and the life.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at I heard a voice from heaven.