The God of Gods, the Lord (John Foster)
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- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2024-01-01). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 137 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The order of parts is given in the source at the start of the piece as Vio: 1st - Vio: 2d - Flute 1st - Flute 2d - Viola - Bass [instrumental] - Treble - Counter Tenor - Tenor - Bass [vocal] - Organ or P. Forte. The concluding symphony (bar 60 onwards) is printed in a condensed score, with the two flute parts on a single stave and the instrumental bass part omitted.
- In this edition, the instrumental bass part is given as the violoncello part (although it could be played by a bassoon or other bass instrument). For the concluding symphony, this part has been taken from the left hand of the organ or pianoforte part.
- The countertenor and tenor parts are printed in the source in the treble clef, an octave above sounding pitch.
- The rhythm of the Flute 2 part in bar 21, given here as a dotted crotchet followed by a quaver, is printed in the source as two crotchets.
- In bar 66 of the organ or pianoforte part, the trill is printed in the source over beat 1, rather than beat 2 as given here: this has been emended with reference to the other parts and bar 23.
- Slurs in the following locations have been added editorially, in accordance with the slurring of pairs of quavers seen elsewhere in this setting: bar 43, Flute 2; bar 45, Flute 2, Violin 1, Viola and Violoncello; bar 46, Violoncello; bar 47, Flute I, Viola and Violoncello.
- Only the text of the first verse is underlaid in the source: the texts of the other verses given here are printed after the music for this setting, on p19, and have been underlaid editorially here.
General Information
Title: The God of Gods, the Lord
Composer: John Foster
Lyricist: John Hopkins, on Ps. 50
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: Orchestra (strings and flutes) or keyboard accompaniment
First published: 1818 in John Foster's A 2d Collection of Sacred Music, York, under the heading 'Psalm 50th. Old Version.', p. 13-19
Description: Hymn Tune Index tune number 15702.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 50.