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  2. History of music in the biblical period - Wikipedia

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    David Playing the Harp by Jan de Bray, 1670.. Knowledge of the biblical period is mostly from literary references in the Bible and post-biblical sources. Religion and music historian Herbert Lockyer, Jr. writes that "music, both vocal and instrumental, was well cultivated among the Hebrews, the New Testament Christians, and the Christian church through the centuries."

  3. Song of Songs - Wikipedia

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    Song of Songs (Cantique des Cantiques) by Gustave Moreau, 1893 The Song of Songs (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים ‎, romanized: Šīr hašŠīrīm), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh.

  4. Song of Moses - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew Bible text of Deuteronomy 32:1–4 as written in a Jewish Sefer Torah.. According to verses 16–18 of Deuteronomy 31, [5] YHVH met with Moses and his nominated successor Joshua at the "tabernacle of meeting" and told them that after Moses' death, the people of Israel would renege on the covenant that YHVH had made with them, and worship the gods of the lands they were occupying.

  5. Structure of Handel's Messiah - Wikipedia

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    Bible source Notes 1: Sinfony: Scene 1: 2: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people saith your god: Acc. T: Isaiah 40:1–3: Isaiah, a new Exodus: 3: Ev’ry valley shall be exalted: Air T: Isaiah 40:4: 4: And the glory, the glory of the Lord shall be revealed: Chorus: Isaiah 40:5: Scene 2: 5: Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts The Lord whom ye ...

  6. Song of the Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Song of the Sea (Hebrew: שירת הים, Shirat HaYam; also known as Az Yashir Moshe and Song of Moses, or Mi Chamocha) is a poem that appears in the Book of Exodus of the Hebrew Bible, at Exodus 15:1–18. It is followed in verses 20 and 21 by a much shorter song sung by Miriam and the other women.

  7. O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wikipedia

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    'Tis music in the sinner's ears, 'Tis life, and health, and peace. 10. He breaks the power of cancell'd sin, He sets the prisoner free; His blood can make the foulest clean, His blood avail'd for me. 11. He speaks, - and, listening to his voice, New life the dead receive; The mournful, broken hearts rejoice; The humble poor believe. 12.

  8. Servant songs - Wikipedia

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    The servant songs (also called the servant poems or the Songs of the Suffering Servant) are four songs in the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible, which include Isaiah 42:1–4; Isaiah 49:1–6; Isaiah 50:4–11; and Isaiah 52:13–53:12. The songs are four poems written about a certain "servant of YHWH" (Hebrew: עבד יהוה, ‘eḇeḏ ...

  9. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Wikipedia

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    The translation published by Henry Sloane Coffin in 1916 – which included only the "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" verse by Neale and Coffin's two "new" verses – gained the broadest acceptance, with occasional modifications. [11] A full seven-verse English version officially appeared for the first time in 1940, in the Hymnal of the Episcopal Church.