Light of the world - Elgar, Edward

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"This is the last chorus from Elgar's 1896 oratiorio "The Light of Life"; first performed at the Three Choirs Festival of that year in Worcester Cathedral. It is currently often used as an Easter anthem."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key G major

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Expert

↕ Range C2 – A-6

¶ Language → English

Measures 136

Texture Homophonic

Parts 8

Instruments Orchestra

Pages 10

CPDL # 82977

Editor Daniel Battle

Posted 2024-12-03

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

MusicXML Part

C2 – G4

¶Lyrics / Text

Light of the world, we know thy praise, The angels and arch-angels raise, And all the host of Heav'n; More worthily than our faint hymns, Whose jarring sound that glory dims, Which God to Thee hast given. But Thou didst not disdain to take our low estate, Or e'en to make the tomb Thy resting place; So Thou might bring into our night the dawn of Thine eternal Light to shine upon our face. Nor death, nor hell, nor sin is Lord, But Thou, O Son of God. Thy word is now our sovereign law. Therefore we thank Thee and we pray Thy light may shine unto the perfect day; Thy light may shine on us for evermore.