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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2021-03-30}} {{CPDLno|63820}} [[Media:Byrd_Be_unto_me_O_Lord.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Byrd_Be_unto_me_O_Lord.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:Byrd_Be_unto_me_O_Lord.capx|{{Capx}}]]
{{Editor|Andrew Sims|2021-03-30}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|5|164}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:{{EdNotes|A bar-less edition of the anthem transposed to D major for AATB}}


*{{NewWork|2008-05-25}} '''CPDL #16995:''' [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/1/1c/BYRD-BEU.pdf {{pdf}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/e/eb/BYRD-BEU.mid {{mid}}].
*{{PostedDate|2008-05-25}} {{CPDLno|16995}} [[Media:BYRD-BEU.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BYRD-BEU.mid|{{mid}}]].
{{Editor|David Fraser|2008-05-25}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|3|107}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|David Fraser|2008-05-25}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|3|226}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:'''
:{{EdNotes|Revised March 23 (underlay, formatting)}}


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Be unto me''<br>
{{Title|''Be unto me''}}
{{Composer|William Byrd}}
{{Composer|William Byrd}}
{{Lyricist|William Leighton}}
{{Lyricist|William Leighton}}


{{Voicing|4|AATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|AATB}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Sacred songs}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Sacred songs}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' [[The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule (William Leighton)|The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule]] (1614)
{{Pub|1|1614|in ''{{NoComp|The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule|William Leighton}}''|no=30}}
 
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'''Description:'''  
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'''External websites:'''
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English}}
{{Text|English|
 
Be unto me O Lord a tower of strength,
Be unto me O Lord a tower of strength,<br>
against my mortall foe,
against my mortall foe,<br>
O guard and warde me with thy power,
O guard and warde me with thy power,<br>
which way so ever I shall goe.
which way so ever I shall goe.<br>
Then shall my heart and soule rejoyce,
Then shall my heart and soule rejoyce,<br>
in God my Lord with cheerefull voyce.}}
in God my Lord with cheerefull voyce.<br>


[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Renaissance music]]
[[Category:Renaissance music]]

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  • (Posted 2021-03-30)  CPDL #63820:       
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-03-30).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 164 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: A bar-less edition of the anthem transposed to D major for AATB
  • (Posted 2008-05-25)  CPDL #16995:     .
Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-05-25).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 226 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised March 23 (underlay, formatting)

General Information

Title: Be unto me
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist: William Leighton

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: AATB
Genre: SacredSacred song

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1614 in The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule, no. 30
Description: 

External websites:

Original text and translations

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Be unto me O Lord a tower of strength,
against my mortall foe,
O guard and warde me with thy power,
which way so ever I shall goe.
Then shall my heart and soule rejoyce,
in God my Lord with cheerefull voyce.