O sing unto the Lord, Z 44 (Henry Purcell)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
File details | |
Help |
- CPDL #935: Sibelius
- Editor: Gordon Callon - Acadia EM Archive (added 2000-06-09). Score information: 448 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: O sing unto the Lord
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATB
Soloists: B
Genre: Sacred, Anthems
Language: English
Instruments: strings and continuo
Published: The Gostling Manuscript - pp. 124-137
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
(Verse in italics , chorus in regular font)
- (Symphonia)
- O sing unto the Lord a new song.
- Alleluia.
- Sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth.
- Alleluia.
- (Symphonia)
- Sing unto the Lord,
- sing unto the Lord and praise his name:
- Sing unto the Lord,
- sing unto the Lord and praise his name:
- be telling of his salvation from day to day.
- Solo Bass: Declare his honour unto the heathen:
- and his wonders unto all people.
- Glory and worship are before him :
- power and honour are in his sanctuary.
- The Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised:
- he is more to be feared than all gods.
- As for the gods of the heathen, they are but idols:
- but it is the Lord that made the heavens.
- (Ritornelli)
- O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness:
- let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
- Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is King:
- The Lord is King, The Lord is King, is King, the Lord is King
- And that t'is He who hath made the round world
- so sure that it cannot be moved;
- 'Tis He, 'tis He, 'tis He who hath made the round world
- so sure that it cannot be moved;
- And how that he shall judge the people righteously.
- And how that he shall judge the people righteously.
- Alleluia.
- Alleluia. Amen.
- Psalm 96 vv. 1-6, 9, 10