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Te Deum stained glass window by Christopher Whall at St Mary's church, Ware, Hertfordshire. The Te Deum (/ t eɪ ˈ d eɪ əm / or / t iː ˈ d iː əm /, [1] [2] Latin: [te ˈde.um]; from its incipit, Te Deum laudamus (Latin for 'Thee, God, we praise')) is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to a date before AD 500, but perhaps with antecedents that place it much earlier. [3]
Over the following years new, expanded editions of Sacred Songs were produced, containing many standard hymns as well as revivalist songs, the final edition from the 1900s containing 1,200 pieces. Sankey wrote the words for very few of these, but he composed and/or arranged new tunes for many of the hymns in the collection, particular for those ...
Gaudete by Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz The first page of the original version. Gaudete (English: / ɡ ɔː ˈ d iː t iː / gaw-DEE-tee or English: / ɡ aʊ ˈ d eɪ t eɪ / gow-DAY-tay, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ɡau̯ˈdete]; "rejoice []" in Latin) [a] is a sacred Christmas carol, thought to have been composed in the 16th century.
5. Thou art King of glory, Christ: Son of God, yet born of Mary; For us sinners sacrificed, And to death a Tributary: First to break the bars of death, Thou hast opened Heaven to faith. 6. From Thy high celestial home, Judge of all, again returning, We believe that Thou shalt come In the dreaded doomsday morning; When Thy voice shall shake the ...
Messiah (HWV 56) [1] [n 1] is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel.The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter [n 2] by Charles Jennens.
Thomas Aquinas is shown here holding a book with an excerpt from the Pange Lingua. "Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium" (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈpandʒe ˈliŋɡwa ɡloriˈosi ˈkorporis miˈsteri.um]) is a Medieval Latin hymn attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) for the Feast of Corpus Christi. [1]
Come, Sound His Praise Abroad; 84. My Soul, How Lovely Is the Place; 85. Lord, We Come before Thee Now; 86. Come, Dearest Lord, Descend and Dwell; 87. Come, Thou Desire of All Thy Saints; 88. God of My Life, to Thee I Call; 89. As the Dew, from Heaven Distilling; 90. O Thou, at Whose Almighty Word; 91. Once More We Come before Our God; 92. Come ...
Almost all Catholic liturgical music composed before the middle of the 20th century, including thousands of settings of the ordinary of the mass (Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), the ordinary and proper of the Requiem mass, psalms, canticles (such as the Magnificat), antiphons, and motets. Famous examples include: