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'''Title:''' ''Sing O heavens''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Sing O heavens''<br> | ||
{{Composer|James Kent}} | {{Composer|James Kent}} | ||
'''Source of text:''' Isaiah 49:13-14; 55:7b; 30:18 (KJV, altered) | |||
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Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth: break forth into singing, O mountains. | {{Verse|49:13}} Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth: break forth into singing, O mountains. For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted. | ||
For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted. | {{Verse|49:14}} Let not Sion say, The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. | ||
Let not Sion say, The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. | {{Verse|55:7b}} Return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon you: and to your God, for He will abundantly pardon. | ||
Return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon you: and to your God, for He will abundantly pardon. | {{Verse|30:18}} Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you: and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you. For the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are they that wait for his salvation. | ||
Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you: and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you. | |||
For the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are they that wait for his salvation. | |||
Sing, O heavens... | Sing, O heavens... | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Revision as of 16:26, 3 January 2014
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CPDL #30931:
Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-01-03). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 138 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Figured bass realised by the editor.
CPDL #30267:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2013-10-06). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 123 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Twelve Anthems (James Kent)
General Information
Title: Sing O heavens
Composer: James Kent
Source of text: Isaiah 49:13-14; 55:7b; 30:18 (KJV, altered)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Verse anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: c.1770
Description: ATB verses with SATB chorus.
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Original text and translations
English text
49:13 Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth: break forth into singing, O mountains. For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.
49:14 Let not Sion say, The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
55:7b Return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon you: and to your God, for He will abundantly pardon.
30:18 Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you: and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you. For the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are they that wait for his salvation.
Sing, O heavens...