O Thou the central orb - Gibbons, Orlando

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"''O all true faithful hearts'' is "A thanksgiving for the King's happy recovery from a great dangerous sickness" (April 1619) and appears in ''Tudor Church Music'' vol. 4. For his publication of Gibbons' works in 1873, Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley asked Henry Ramsden Bramley to supply a liturgical text to fit Gibbons' music: Bramley provided his sonnet ''O thou, the central orb''."

⌛ Epoche → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Verse anthems ♬ Besetzung → SAATB|add= verse SSAATB ¶ Sprache → Englisch

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Instrumente 4 or more part consort of viols.

Seiten 12

CPDL Nr. 77442

Bearbeiter Ben Byram-Wigfield

Veröffentlicht 2023-11-19

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O all true faithful hearts, with one accord United in one head, sing to the Lord, For he our David from the snares of death Hath freed; prolong his days, enlarge his breath. ''Rejoice in him, give thanks, his great name bless For a remembrance of his holiness.'' His life is worth ten thousand, therefore give Each soul ten thousand thanks that he doth live To lead his people forth to pastures green, To praise his God whose love to us is seen. ''Rejoice…'' Now for the righteous is sprung up a light, And gladness with each true-hearted wight. Joy we in him with thanks, that he may bring More joy unto ourselves, health to our King. ''Rejoice…''