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${\key g \major g2 g4 fis | e d g2 | a b | b b4 b | a g c2 | b a}$ ${\key g \major g2 a4 b | a g e2 | fis g | d' b4 g | a c b2 | a g \bar "||"}$

Hymn tune, melody from Pseaumes octante trois de David, 1551.

Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

General information

The tune known today as Old hundredth is generally attributed to Loys Bourgeois and appeared in the second edition of the Genevan Psalter as a setting for Psalm 134. In English speaking countries it is most closely associated with the singing of the Doxology and the text All people that on earth do dwell, made famous by Ralph Vaughan Williams setting for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

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Harmonizations

Charles H. Giffen, three harmonizations ( )

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 ==General information==
-The tune known today as ''Old hundredth'' is generally attributed to [[Louis Bourgeois|Loys Bourgeois]] and appeared in the second edition of the [[Genevan Psalter]] as a setting for Psalm 134. In English speaking countries, it is most closely associated with the singing of the Doxology and the text ''All people that on earth do dwell'', made famous by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] setting for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
+The tune known today as ''Old hundredth'' is generally attributed to [[Louis Bourgeois|Loys Bourgeois]] and appeared in the second edition of the [[Genevan Psalter]] as a setting for Psalm 134. In English speaking countries it is most closely associated with the singing of the Doxology and the text ''All people that on earth do dwell'', made famous by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] setting for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
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 * [[Praise God from whom all blessings flow (Louis Bourgeois)|Louis Bourgeois: ''Praise God from whom all blessings flow'']]
 * [[Bicinium for the Genevan Psalm 134 (Christoph Dalitz)|Christoph Dalitz: ''Bicinium for the Genevan Psalm 134'']]
-* [[All people that on earth do dwell (John Dowland)|John Dowland: ''All people that on earth do dwell'']]
+* [[All people that on earth do dwell (Louis Bourgeois)|Scottish Psalter 1635 harmonization: ''All people that on earth do dwell'']]
+* [[All people that on earth do dwell (John Dowland)|John Dowland harmonization: ''All people that on earth do dwell'']]
 * [[O love, how deep (Charles H. Giffen)|Charles H. Giffen: ''O love, how deep'']]
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 [[Category:LilyPond excerpts]]