Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

( Come, ye faithful, raise the strain ; All the winter of our sins ; But today amidst Thine own ; Alleluia now we cry )

Arr.: Wolff, S. Drummond (1916-2004) [ USA ; Great Britain ; England ]

Text by Johannes Damascenus (675?-749) [Syria]
Adaptor of the text: Neale, John Mason (1818-1866) [Great Britain]
Edition
Published by Concordia [USA] , 1971
Ref. : 98-2112  (12 p.) , "Concordia chorale concertatos"
Type of material: Full score
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 20th century
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Anthem ; Hymntune setting
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: Keyboard and instrument(s)  (2 instrumental part(s))
Instruments: Organ (1) ; Trumpet (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Tonality: D major
Duration: 3.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Easter
Number of verses: 4
Musicological Sources: From Geistliche Andachten, Berlin, 1666
 

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