My heart doth take in hand (Thomas Ravenscroft)

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(Posted 2016-10-28) CPDL #41607:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-10-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 44 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Two-staff version. Staffs converted: original Tenor becomes Soprano, up one octave; Medius becomes Alto; Cantus becomes Tenor, down an octave; and Bass remains.

(Posted 2016-10-28) CPDL #41606:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-10-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 56 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Seven more stanzas included, selected from Hopkins' paraphrase.

(Posted 2016-10-28) CPDL #41605:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-10-28). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 75 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Seven more stanzas included, selected from Hopkins' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: My heart doth take in hand
Tune: Ludlow Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft
Lyricist: John Hopkins

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1621 in The Whole Booke of Psalmes (Thomas Ravenscroft), no. 59
Description: Words by John Hopkins, 1562, Old Version, paraphrase of Psalm 45, in eighteen stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 45.