My heart is set to laud the Lord (Joseph Key)
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CPDL #21256: Sibelius 3
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2010-03-18). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 29 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Verse 9 of the text is the only verse given in the source: verse 10 has been added editorially.
General Information
Title: My heart is set to laud the Lord
Composer: Joseph Key
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1785
Description: Setting of Psalm 57 Old Version by Joseph Key, from page 34 of his third book, 'Five Anthems, Four Collects', Nuneaton: [1785]. The time signature in the source is retorted time. The alto part is notated in the treble clef at the upper octave in the source.
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Original text and translations
English text
1. My heart is set to laud the Lord,
In him to joy, to joy always:
My heart doth ever well accord,
To sing his laud and praise.
2. Awake, my joy, awake I say,
My lute, my harp and string;
And I myself before the day,
Will rise, rejoice and sing.