Lyra Davidica (Various)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	24 tunes, 1 canon
First Publication	1708
Genre Categories	Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; [17 more...]Sacred songs; Songs; Chorales; For 2 voices; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; For voice, continuo; For voices with continuo; Scores with basso continuo; For unison chorus, continuo; Scores featuring unison chorus; For chorus with continuo; Canons; English language; For mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus (arr); For unaccompanied chorus (arr)

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Complete Book
*#104422 - 6.54MB, 83 (iv, 79) pp. - 8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 1555×⇩ - Olmsted

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Olmsted (2011/6/5)

Editor	First edition
Engraver	Francis Hoffman
Publisher. Info.	London: printed for J. Walsh, J. Hare, and P. Randal, No.1708, 1708.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	A scan of a photocopy?
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wrshannon (2012/6/4)

PDF typeset by Jürgen Knuth
wrshannon (2012/6/4)

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wrshannon (2012/6/4)

Arranger	Jürgen Knuth
Publisher. Info.	Altena: Jürgen Knuth
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	English lyrics by Charles Wesley (1707-1788). German lyrics by Matthias Jorissen (1739-1823). These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Work Title	Lyra Davidica
Alternative. Title	Lyra Davidica: Or, A Collection of Divine Songs and Hymns : Partly New Composed, partly Translated from the High-German, and Latin Hymns: And set to easy and pleasant Tunes, for more General Use ; The Musick Engrav'd on Copper plates.
Composer	Various
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	24 tunes, 1 canon
First Publication.	1708
Librettist	Anonymous, attributed Richard Roach (see article link)
Language	English
Dedication	Mr. William Patersen
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	voice (or unison chorus) and continuo; or 2 voices; 7 equal voices (canon)
External Links	Church Times article
Extra Information	Notable today as the source of the well-known hymn tune, Easter Hymn, with the first published English translation of the Latin hymn, Jesus Christ Is Risen Today ("Surrexit Christus Hodie"). Only one melody is attributed: Triumphant Harmony, by F. H.