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"Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]
"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, [ 1 ] the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991.
k.d. lang, "Hallelujah" Intermission Shaar Hashomayim Choir with pre-recorded videos of: Willie Nelson, Céline Dion, Peter Gabriel and Chris Martin and archival footage of Leonard Cohen, "Tower of Song" Sting, "Sisters of Mercy" Lana Del Rey and Adam Cohen, "Chelsea Hotel #2" Bettye LaVette, "In My Secret Life" Courtney Love, "Everybody Knows"
Hallelujah shows up just four times in the New Testament, all in the Book of Revelation. All four come at the climax of the text, when God delivers his people from the destructive power of Babylon.
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A week later, Chester sang a tender version of “Hallelujah” at Chris’s funeral at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in late May 2017, urged on by Vicky Cornell and with Brad accompanying him on ...
Alleluia is also chanted to a special melody at funerals, memorial services (Greek: Parastas, Slavonic: Panikhida), and on Saturdays of the Dead. Again, it is chanted in place of "God is the Lord...", but this time is followed by the Troparia of the Departed. The Alleluia is intoned by the deacon (or the priest, if no deacon is available):
The Foundling Hospital Anthem is compiled from material originating in other works by Handel, including two movements from the Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline (1737), a sombre chorus that had been edited out of Susanna (1748), and most notably, the "Hallelujah" chorus from Messiah, which concludes the anthem. [2] [4]