O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

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Composer
Thomas Tomkins
Arranger
Crawford R. Thoburn
Difficulty
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Season
Advent General
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Unaccompanied [a cappella] Keyboard [organ/piano]
Psalm
122
Category
Anthems Psalms and Canticles
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

SATB Choir. Text from Psalm 122:6. The original SSTB score appeared posthumously in Musica Deo Sacra of 1668. This edition exchanges some material in the upper voice parts to create a more comfortable SATB setting. The 1668 publication included a Pars Organica, which suggests that the voice parts may have been doubled by the organ in service as well as in rehearsal. A wonderful polyphonic setting of this text for Advent.

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Lyrics

O pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
They shall prosper that love thee.