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<b>Published: </b>2005<br>
<b>Published: </b>2005<br>


<b>Description: </b>“Since I am coming to that Holy room, where, with Thy choir of saints forevermore, I shall be made Thy music; as I come I tune the instrument here at the door; and what I must do then, think here before.” [First stanza of John Donne’s Hymn to God, My God, in my Sickness, 1631?] In more-or-less late Renaissance style (except that fourths are allowed in the context of 2nd inversions of triads).
<b>Description: </b> First stanza of John Donne’s ''Hymn to God, My God, in my Sickness'', 1631? In more-or-less late Renaissance style (except that fourths are allowed in the context of 2nd inversions of triads).


<b>External websites: </b>
<b>External websites: </b>
http://element.ess.ucla.edu/choral/


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
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Since I am coming to that Holy room,<br>
Where, with Thy choir of saints forevermore,<br>
I shall be made Thy music; as I come<br>
I tune the instrument here at the door,<br>
And what I must do then, think here before.<br>
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''John Donne''


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[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Sacred music]][[Category:Anthems]][[Category:SATB]][[Category:Modern music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Sacred music]][[Category:Anthems]][[Category:SATB]][[Category:Modern music]]

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Editor: Peter Bird (added 2005-10-26).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 68 kbytes   Copyright: Copyright © 2005 by George Peter Bird. This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded.
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General Information

Title: Donne's Hymn
Composer: Peter Bird

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella.
Published: 2005

Description: First stanza of John Donne’s Hymn to God, My God, in my Sickness, 1631? In more-or-less late Renaissance style (except that fourths are allowed in the context of 2nd inversions of triads).

External websites: http://element.ess.ucla.edu/choral/

Original text and translations

Original text: English.png English translation Since I am coming to that Holy room,
Where, with Thy choir of saints forevermore,
I shall be made Thy music; as I come
I tune the instrument here at the door,
And what I must do then, think here before.

John Donne

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