Hosanna to the prince of light (Joseph Stephenson)
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- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2014-10-03). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The bass note in bar 12, given here as an E, is printed in the source as the A a perfect fourth higher. Only the first verse of the text is given in the source: three further verses have been added editorially. The order of parts in the source is Tenor - Alto - Air - [Bass]. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Hosanna to the prince of light
Composer: Joseph Stephenson
Arranger: Thomas Jarman
Tune: Ascension
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
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Description: The tune is adapated from Joseph Stephenson's tune for Psalm 8 in the metrical New Version, O thou to whom all creatures bow, but Jarman gives no attribution for this tune.
Hymn Tune Index tune numbers 2615 (for Stephenson's original) and 14547 (for Jarman's arrangement).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Hosanna to the prince of light.