Behold, I bring you glad tidings (John Barrow)

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• (Posted 2019-10-07)  CPDL #55542: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-10-07).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 99 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

General Information

Title: Behold, I bring you glad tidings
Composer: John Barrow
Lyricist: Luke, ch. 2, vv.10-14^{create page}

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1730
Description: An anthem for Christmas Day. From "A new book of psalmody", first edition, 1730 (with corrections incorporated from later editions).

Original text and translations

English text

Behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day a saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be the sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men".
Hallelujah.