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"Chester" is a patriotic anthem composed by William Billings and sung during the American Revolutionary War.Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer, and made improvements for the version in his The Singing Master's Assistant (1778).
Thou David's Royal Son, Who in the LORD'S name comest, The King and Blessèd One. All glory, &c. The company of Angels Is praising Thee on high, And mortal men, and all things Created make reply. All glory, &c. The people of the Hebrews With palms before Thee went Our praise and prayers and anthems
Old 100th is commonly used to sing the lyrics that begin "All People That on Earth Do Dwell," Psalm 100, a version that originated in the Anglo-Genevan Psalter (1561) and is attributed to the Scottish clergyman William Kethe. [5] Kethe was in exile at Geneva at this time, as the Scottish Reformation was only just beginning.
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Biblical Songs was written between 5 and 26 March 1894, while Dvořák was living in New York City. It has been suggested that he was prompted to write them by news of a death (of his father Frantisek, or of the composers Tchaikovsky or Gounod, or of the conductor Hans von Bülow); but there is no good evidence for that, and the most likely explanation is that he felt out of place in the ...
Anglican chant, also known as English chant, [1] [2] is a way to sing unmetrical texts, including psalms and canticles from the Bible, by matching the natural speech-rhythm of the words to the notes of a simple harmonized melody. [3] This distinctive type of chant is a significant element of Anglican church music.
"Thine Be the Glory, Risen Conquering Son" (French: À toi la gloire O Ressuscité), also titled "Thine Is the Glory", [1] is a Christian hymn for Easter, written by the Swiss Protestant minister, Edmond Budry (1854–1932), and set to the tune of the chorus "See, the Conqu'ring hero comes" from the third section of Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus.
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