Praise of Song (Charles P. Morrison)

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•  Posted on 2023-11-17(Posted 2023-11-17)  CPDL #77420:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-17).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 384 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Praise of Song
Composer: Charles P. Morrison
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1882 White, Smith & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Raise loud, on high, your mingled voices,
In glowing waves of joy and rhyme;
The gift in which the world rejoices,
The fairest blossom of all time,
Is song, glad song, by angels borne along,
O song by angels borne along.
We’ll sing thy praises,
O song, glad song.

When, with their skies of peaceful gladness,
The heavens from the earth were rent,
To cheer the human heart in sadness
A faithful messenger was sent,
In song, glad song, by angels borne along,
O song by angels borne along.
We’ll sing thy praises,
O song, glad song.

And all that’s strong in life’s dominion,
To move the soul to good and great,
Borne gently on its widespread pinions,
Soars on aloft to heaven’s gate,
In song, glad song, by angels borne along,
O song by angels borne along.
We’ll sing thy praises,
O song, glad song.