O come, O come Emmanuel (Charles Gounod)

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Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2006-08-30).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 111 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain

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Title: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Tune: Veni Emmanuel #2
Composer: Charles Gounod
Lyricist: John Mason Neale

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: The Church Hymnal (edition B), Boston, 1908

Description: Alternative tune to the chant associated with this advent text. It is unknown who adapted the Gounod tune. The tune name is found in the hymnal mentioned above.

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Original text and translations

English text

O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.

Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.
Refrain

O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Refrain

O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Refrain

O come, O come, Thou Lord of might!
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times didst give the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.
Refrain
Amen.