Come sing, ye choirs exultant (Michael Praetorius)
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- (Posted 2022-03-12) CPDL #68351:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- (Posted 2022-03-12) CPDL #68350:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 186 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Come sing, ye choirs exultant
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Tune: Ach Gott, vom Himmelreiche
Lyricist:
- Translation by Jackson Mason
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 76. 76. D
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published:
Description: Words: translated from 12th-century Latin harmony by George Ratcliffe Woodward, based on Praetorius
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Original text and translations
English text
Come sing, ye choirs exultant,
those messengers of God,
through whom the living Gospels
came sounding all abroad!
Whose voice proclaimed salvation
that poured upon the night,
and drove away the shadows,
and filled the world with light.
In one harmonious witness
the chosen four combine,
while each his own commission
fulfills in every line;
as, in the prophet’s vision
from out the amber flame
in mystic form and image
four living creatures came.
Foursquare on this foundation
the Church of Christ remains,
a house to stand unshaken
by floods or winds or rains.
How blest this habitation
of gospel liberty,
where with a holy people
God dwells in Unity.