I was glad when they said unto me (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
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- CPDL #3759: SIBELIUS
- Editor: Stuart McIntosh (added 2002-07-02). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 252 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Sibelius file is unzipped. Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.
General Information
Title: I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB (a short passage is SATB.SATB)
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Orginally for orchestra; organ accompaniment is also common.
Published: Unknown; first performed in 1902; version which was first performed in 1911 is the version that modern performances follow.
Description: According to Jeremy Dibble, "Parry's Coronation Anthem is universally recognized as a masterpiece of ceremonial music." (see C. Hurbert H. Parry: His Life and Music by Jeremy Dibble - Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992)
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Original text and translations
Psalm 122 vv. 1-3, 6, 7 plus: Vivat Regina Elizabetha! in between verses 3 and 6.