O God that guides the cheerful sun - Byrd, William

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"Subtitled ''A Carroll for New-yeares day.''"

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key C major

⁄ Time Signature 4/2

♬ Voicing → SAATTB

↕ Range F2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 46

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments 2 treble, 2 tenor & bass viols ''colle voci'' in chorus

Pages 7

CPDL # 87249

Editor Allen Garvin

Posted 2025-10-27

License Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial

♫Pitch Ranges

Cantus I

G4 – G5

Cantus II

C4 – D5

Contratenor

F3 – C5

Sextus

F3 – A4

Tenor

C3 – E4

Bassus

F2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

O God that guides the cheerfull Sunne, By motions strange the year to frame, Which now returnde whence it begun, From heaven extols thy glorious name. This new-yeares season sanctifie, with double blessings of thy store, That graces new may multiply, and former follies raigne no more. ''Chorus'' So shall our hearts with heaven agree, & both give laud & praise to thee. Th’old yeare by course is past and gone, olde ''Adam'' Lord from us expell: New creatures make us every one, new life becomes the New-yeare well. As new borne babes from malice keepe, new wedding garments O Christ we crave: That we thy face in heaven may see with Angels bright our soules to save. ''Chorus'' ::''Amen''