Lo, what a glorious sight appears (George Gay)
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- CPDL #26705:
(Sibelius 7)
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2012-07-06). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 48 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The order of parts in the source is Alto - Tenor - Soprano - Bass, with the Alto and Tenor parts notated in the treble clef an octave above sounding pitch. The Soprano and Bass parts are bracketed together in the source, with small notes printed between to fill in the harmony of a keyboard accompaniment doubling the inner voices: this accompaniment has been omitted from the present edition. The only indications of the text in the source are the reference 'Hy: 21 Bk: 1 Dr. W.' and the opening words 'Lo what a glorious sight &c.': four verses of this text have been underlaid editorially.
General Information
Title: Lo, what a glorious sight appears
Composer: George Gay
Tune: Vision
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: This setting was published on p17 of George Gay's Sacred Music, 2nd edition, London: (1828).
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Original text and translations
English text
Lo, what a glorious sight appears
To our believing eyes:
The earth and seas are pass'd away,
And the old rolling skies.
From the third heav'n where God resides,
That holy, happy place,
The new Jerusalem comes down,
Adorn'd with shining grace.
Attending angels shout for joy,
And the bright armies sing,
'Mortals, behold the sacred seat
Of your descending King.'
The God of glory down to men
Removes his blest abode;
Men the dear objects of his grace,
And he the loving God.