Joy to the world (Lowell Mason)
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CPDL #22241:
Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-09-01). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 34 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: E-flat major, vv. 1, 2 & 4.
CPDL #18468: 
- Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2008-12-29). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- CPDL #7056:
- Editor: Edward L. Stauff (submitted 2004-05-20). Score information: Letter, 1 page Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- CPDL #1717:
- Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27). Score information: 1 page Copyright: CC BY 1.0
- Edition notes:
- CPDL #623:
- Editor: Unknown (submitted 1999-12-07). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 20 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
Arrangements
CPDL #18469:
- Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2008-12-29). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: arr. Rod Mather for SATB and keyboard.
General Information
Title: Joy to the World
Composer: Lowell Mason (1792-1872), 1836 (based on themes by George Frideric Handel)
Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard
Published: Collection of Tunes (Thomas Hawkes, 1833)
Description:
External websites:
- Entry for this work on Cyber Hymnal
Original text and translations
English text
Joy to the world! The Lord is come.
Let earth receive her King.
Let every heart prepare Him room,
and heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! The Saviour reigns.
Let men their songs employ,
while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground.
He comes to make His blessings flow
far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace
and makes the nations prove
the glories of His righteousness
and wonders of His love.