Almighty and everlasting God, we humbly beseech (Thomas Tomkins)
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- (Posted 2016-04-25) CPDL #39410:
- Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2016-04-25). Score information: Letter, 10 pages, 170 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original key and note values; editorial slurs and accidentals added.
General Information
Title: Almighty and everlasting God, we humbly beseech
Composer: Thomas Tomkins
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: AATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Verse anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. Musica Deo sacra & ecclesiae Anglicanae (London: William Godbid, 1668)
Description: This setting of the BCP Collect for the Purification is for three soloists and six-part choir.
Original text and translations
English text
Almighty and everlasting God,
we humbly beseech thy majesty,
that as thy only begotten Son
was this day presented in the Temple,
in substance of our flesh,
so grant that we may be presented unto thee
with pure hearts and clean minds,
by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.