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The text of the extant music are the first verse of Psalm 102: "Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee." (Psalms 102:1). Purcell set it for an a cappella choir consisting of eight voice parts: two soprano parts, two altos, two tenors and two basses . The anthem is 34 measures long, and is written in the key of C minor.
Twinkie Clark, chief executive writer, and arranger for the American gospel group The Clark Sisters is widely credited as the originator of the classic shout sound in contemporary gospel music. [3] In its most standard form, shout music is characterized by very fast tempo, chromatic basslines and piano/organ chords, snare hits and hand claps on ...
Hear my prayer" (German: Hör' mein Bitten) is an anthem for soprano solo, chorus and organ or orchestra composed by Felix Mendelssohn in Germany in 1844. The first performance took place in Crosby Hall, London , on 8 January 1845. [ 1 ] (
Psalm 47 is the 47th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O clap your hands".The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament.
In 1847 he went to Germany, where he studied harmony, composition, and vocal and instrumental music with the best masters. [2] In 1854, he started the Bradbury Piano Company, with his brother, Edward G. Bradbury in New York City. [1] William Bradbury is best known as a composer and publisher of a series of musical collections for choirs and ...
Rutter, who composed many works to celebrate Christmas, wrote his own text for Angels' Carol, beginning "Have you heard the sound of the angel voices". [1] The text alludes to several aspects of the Christmas story, with the Latin refrain "Gloria in excelsis Deo" from the angels' song mentioned in the Gospel of Luke narration of the annunciation to the shepherds.
Tchaikovsky's setting of the Divine Liturgy, along with his All-Night Vigil and his nine sacred songs, were of seminal importance in the later interest in Orthodox music. [8] [22] [23] Other composers, encouraged by the freedom created by the new lack of restriction on sacred music, soon followed Tchaikovsky's example. [9]
In the following sortable table, the entries appear first chronologically based on writing or publishing of the text. The following columns feature the language, a translation of the beginning, the author of the text, a year of writing when known or assumed, the source of the melody, its year, a publication date followed by a hymnal name, and notes.