Come Holy Ghost (Orlando Gibbons)
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CPDL #23230:
- Editor: Ronald MacDonald (submitted 2011-03-02). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 77 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Engraved by R MacDonald e ronald@rmacd.com w www.rmacd.com
- CPDL #20824: Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-01-14). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 36 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
- CPDL #10652: Encore
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-01-08). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 41 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Midi file size: 3 KByte, Encore file size: 27 Kbyte.
General Information
Title: Come Holy Ghost
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Setting of an English translation of the first two verses of the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus
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Original text and translations
English text
Come, Holy Ghost, the maker, come;
Take in the souls of thine thy place;
Thou whom our hearts had belong from,
Oh fill them with thy heavenly grace.
Thou art that comfort from above,
The highest doth by gift impart;
Thou spring of life, a fire of love,
And the anointing spirit art.