Thou palsied earth - Callcott, John Wall

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"A 3 part sacred glee. A late work unpublished at the composer's death."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre / Form → Partsongs

♯ Key E- major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 5-6)

↕ Range G2 – F5

♩ Tempo 76

◷ Duration ~2 min 37 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 53

Texture Homophonic

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella (originally). Piano accompaniment added by William Horsley (1774-1858).

Pages 6

CPDL # 18955

Editor Jonathan Goodliffe

Posted 2009-02-23

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Treble

B-3 – D5

Bass

G2 – D4

Piano

G2 – D4

¶Lyrics / Text

Thou palsied Earth, with noon-day night o'erspread, Thou sick’ning Sun, so dark, so deep, so red! Ye hov’ring ghosts, that throng the star-less air, Why shakes the Earth, why fades the light? declare! Are those his limbs with ruthless scourges torn, His brows all bleeding with the twisted thorn? His the pale form, the meek, forgiving eye, Rais’d from the cross in patient agony? - Be dark, thou Sun - thou noonday night, arise! And hide, oh hide, the dreadful sacrifice!

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