Voices Together ‎#270

270. In the Beginning

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Text Information

• First Line: In the beginning was the Word
• Title: In the Beginning
• Author: Chris Shelton
• Meter: LM with alleluias
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Genesis 1:1-5
  ;
  Isaiah 7:14
  ;
  Matthew 1:20-23
  ;
  John 1:1-14
• Topic: Creation; Darkness and Light; Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Birth of; Wisdom
• Copyright: © 2015 GIA Publications, Inc.
• ONE LICENSE: U00500
• Notes: May be sung as a call-and-response, where the congregation sings the “Alleluias” without printed music.

Tune Information

• Name: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
• Adapter: Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Meter: LM with alleluias
• Key: D Major
• Source: Geistliche Kirchengesäng (present-day Germany), 1623; Adapt. and harm. The English Hymnal, 1906, simplified