Give the king thy judgments (William Boyce)

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CPDL #25681:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif 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: SacredAnthem

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