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Rhapsody in B Minor
Uploaded by: pointyflute
Composer: Streeton, Terry Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 270
Jesu meine Freude
Uploaded by: wimbomhof
Composer: G.Ph. Telemann Organ: Kiedrich, St. Valentinus and Dionysius Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 97
Quatre Pieces en Mi et La
Uploaded by: EdoL
Composer: Dandrieu, Jean-François Organ: St. Omer, Cavaillé-Coll 1855 Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 125
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EdoL (04/02/15)
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Witt, Christian
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Sonus Paradisi
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St. Omer, Cavaillé-Coll 1855
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Software: | Hauptwerk IV |
Genre: | Hymn |
Description: | Text by John Bowring, 1825.
There is a story (probably apocryphal) about the inspiration for these words. The tradition is that Bowring was sailing past the coast of Macao, China. On the shore were the remains of an old, fire gutted church. Above the ruins, he saw the church’s cross still standing. The title of this hymn was carved on Bowring’s tombstone.
Tune Stuttgart
STUTTGART was included in Psalmodia Sacra (1715), one of the most significant hymnals of the early sixteenth century [sic: eighteenth century]. Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, e. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of that collection; about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that collection are considered to be composed by him, including STUTTGART, which was set to the text "Sollt' es gleich." Witt was chamber organist and later Kapellmeister at the Gotha court.
I did this hymn before on the tune Wychbold, but this tune is also in use.
There is no introductory verse.
In the cross of Christ I glory,
Towering o’er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime.
When the woes of life o’ertake me,
Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
Never shall the cross forsake me,
Lo! it glows with peace and joy.
When the sun of bliss is beaming
Light and love upon my way,
From the cross the radiance streaming
Adds more luster to the day.
Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
By the cross are sanctified;
Peace is there that knows no measure,
Joys that through all time abide.
In the cross of Christ I glory,
Towering o’er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime. |
Performance: | Live |
Recorded in: | Stereo |
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