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'''Description:''' This anthem, Wesley's longest composition, was his Oxford doctoral exercise. It was first performed by the choir of Magdalen College in June 1839. | '''Description:''' This anthem, Wesley's longest composition, was his Oxford doctoral exercise. It was first performed by the choir of Magdalen College in June 1839. |
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-08-09). Score information: A4, 49 pages, 476 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformatting of #5466, with minor corrections. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Douglas Brooks-Davies (submitted 2003-08-18). Score information: Letter, 51 pages, 3.39 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: very large file (3.5 MBytes). 51 pages
General Information
Title: O Lord, Thou Art My God
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Source of text: Verses from Isaiah 25, Psalm 33, 1 Corinthians 15 & Wisdom 3:9.
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SATB.SATB
Soloists: B
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
First published:
Description: This anthem, Wesley's longest composition, was his Oxford doctoral exercise. It was first performed by the choir of Magdalen College in June 1839.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
Is. 25:1 O Lord, Thou art my God; I will exalt you, I will praise Thy name;Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Thou hast done wonderful things, Thy counsels of old are truth.
Is. 25:4a For Thou hast been a strength to the poor and needy in his distress. O Lord, Thou art my God and I will praise Thy name.
Ps.33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Ps.33:22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us according as we hope in thee.
Is. 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe tears from off all faces; the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth for the Lord hath spoken it.
1 Cor. 15:53b For this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Cor. 15:34a Awake to righteousness, awake and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God:
Wis. 3:9 They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth.
1 Cor.15:51b We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed
1 Cor.15:52a in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
Is.25:9 And in that day it shall be said: this is our God, we have waited for him and he will save us. This is the Lord and he will save us: we will be glad, we will rejoice in his salvation.