Praise the Lord, O my soul (William Child)

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• (Posted 2021-05-04)  CPDL #64301: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-05-04).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 252 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

• (Posted 2016-09-13)  CPDL #41110:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2016-09-13).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: From Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce). Clefs modernised.

General Information

Title: Praise the Lord, O my soul
Composer: William Child
Lyricist: Psalm 103:1-4 & 22

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: c.1670 in manuscript
    2nd published: 1768 in Cathedral Music, Volume 2, p. 84
Description:  The concluding "Hallelujah" is part of Child's Coronation Anthem, "O Lord grant the king a long life". It is yet to be ascertained whether it truly belongs here, or whether it is one of Boyce's "improvements".

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 103.