Give the king thy judgments (William Boyce)
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CPDL #25681: Sibelius 5
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2012-03-03). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 130 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Give the king thy judgments
Composer: William Boyce
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSAATB
or SSTTTB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1736 or earlier
Description: A verse anthem for two counter tenors (or tenors), bass and 5 part chorus. It may have been composed for a royal occasion. It was probably inspired by William Croft's setting (also on CPDL) of the same text which Boyce included in his collection "Cathedral Music"
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 72, verses 1,2,3,5,7,8,11