Lyra Davidica (Various)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 24 tunes, 1 canon
First Publication 1708
Genre Categories Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; 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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Synthesized/MIDI

For Mixed Chorus (Knuth)

 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
#229132 - 0.00MB - 0:35 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 184×⇩ - MID - wrshannon

MID file (audio/video)
wrshannon (2012/6/4)

 Dankt dem Herrn mit frohem Mut
#229133 - 0.00MB - 0:35 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 86×⇩ - MID - wrshannon

MID file (audio/video)
wrshannon (2012/6/4)

Publisher Info. Altena: Jürgen Knuth
Performers Jürgen Knuth
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Book
#104422 - 6.54MB, 83 (iv, 79) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1572×⇩ - Olmsted

PDF scanned by archive.org
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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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Mixed Chorus (Knuth)

 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
#229129 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 610×⇩ - wrshannon

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

 Dankt dem Herrn mit frohem Mut
#229130 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 242×⇩ - wrshannon

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

 Engraving files (Capella)
#229131 - 0.00MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 134×⇩ - wrshannon

ZIP typeset by Jürgen Knuth
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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General Information

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.
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