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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Resurrection of Christ (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 6 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1Hosanna to the prince of Light,
- That cloth'd himself in clay;
- Enter'd the iron gates of death,
- And tore the bars away!
- 2Death is no more the King of dread,
- Since our immanuel rose;
- He took the tyrant's sting away,
- And spoil'd our hellish foes.
- 3See how the Conqu'ror mounts aloft,
- And to his Father flies,
- With scars of honour in his flesh
- And triumph in his eyes.
- 4There our exalted Saviour reigns,
- And scatters blessings down;
- Our Jesus fills the middle seat
- Of the celestial throne.
- 5[Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,
- To reach his bless'd abode;
- Sweet be the accents of your songs
- To our incarnate God.
- 6Bright Angels, strike your loudest strings,
- Your sweetest voices raise;
- Let heav'n and all created things,
- Sound our Immanuel's praise.]
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the The Resurrection of Christ page.
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