SONG 67

Harmonizer: Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons (baptised 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was a leading composer in the England of his day. Gibbons was born in Cambridge and christened at Oxford the same year – thus appearing in Oxford church records. Between 1596 and 1598 he sang in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where his brother Edward Gibbons (1568–1650), eldest of the four sons of William Gibbons, was master of the choristers. The second brother Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603) was also a promising composer, but died young. Orlando entered the university in 1598 and achieved the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1606. James I appointed him a Gentleman of th… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: SONG 67
Harmonizer: Orlando Gibbons (1623)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 15345 66551 67761
Key: D Major
Source: Llyfr y Psalmau, 1621
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

SONG 67 was published as a setting for Psalm 1 in Edmund Prys's Welsh Llyfr y Psalmau (1621). Erik Routley (PHH 31) suggests that the tune should be ascribed to Prys.

Orlando Gibbons (PHH 167) supplied a new bass line for the melody when it was published with a number of his own tunes in George Withers's Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623). There it was a setting for the sixty-seventh song (thus the title), a paraphrase of Acts 1:12-26. The tune originally had "gathering" (long) notes at the beginning of each of the four phrases.

A rather sturdy tune, SONG 67 is built on a few melodic motives. Sing in harmony in two broad musical lines rather than four short phrases.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 8: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 705 - 754
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; Emily Maxson Porter
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2008) pp. 745
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 8: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 705 - 754
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; Timothy Shaw
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2008) pp. 745
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 151
  • Two Hundred One Hymn Tune Prelude Miniatures
    Composer/Editor Mark Winchester
    Published By: Frog Music (2005) pp. 148
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 133
  • 22 Hymn Introductions
    Composer/Editor Kevin J. Sadowski
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1997) pp. 25
  • Hymn Descants and Free Harmonizations
    Composer/Editor Ronald Arnatt
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1990) pp. 74
  • Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: Volume II
    Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
    Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1986) pp. 95
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 38: General: Saint Peter - Son
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Herbert Garske
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 47
  • Hymns for the Church Year: 68 Accompaniment Settings for Keyboard of the Hymns of the Day
    Composer/Editor Roger Petrich
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1980) pp. 42
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 92-93

Organ Solo

  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Mark Wardell
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 264
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 136
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 38: General: Saint Peter - Son
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Herbert Garske
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 46
  • Preludes for the Hymns in Worship Supplement Volume IV: General Nos. 767 - 793
    Composer/Editor Paul Thomas
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1973) pp. 19
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 92-93
  • Thirty-Five Interludes on Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Joseph W. Clokey
    Published By: J. Fischer & Brothers (1958) pp. 28
  • Twelve Studies on Old English Hymn-Tunes - Book III Third Set: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Clement Charlton Palmer
    Published By: W. Paxton & Co. Ltd. (1927) pp. 16
  • Twelve Studies on Old English Hymn-Tunes - Second Set: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Clement Charlton Palmer
    Published By: W. Paxton & Co. Ltd. (1927) pp. 16

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #957
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #3685
Text: Lord, from the Depths to Thee I Cried
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #4097
Text: Lo! What a Glorious Sight Appears
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #5326
Text: O Sing a New Song to the Lord
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #7527
Text: Within the Maddening Maze of Things
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #8077
Text: Are All the Foes of Sion Fools?
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #10024
Text: Forever Blessed Be The Lord
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #12627
Text: What Is It For A Saint To Die?
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #563
Text: God Works His Purposes in Us
  • Full Score (PDF, XML)
  • Bulletin Score (PDF)
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 28 of 28)
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Ancient and Modern #299a

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Ancient and Modern #420b

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #221a

Tune InfoScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #957

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Common Praise #216a

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Common Praise #276b

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #204

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CPWI Hymnal #826b

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Evangelical Lutheran Worship #745

Hymns and Psalms #171b

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #372

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Lutheran Worship #395

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Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #563

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Rejoice in the Lord #81

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Small Church Music #1536

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The Cyber Hymnal #3685

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The Cyber Hymnal #4097

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The Cyber Hymnal #5326

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The Cyber Hymnal #7527

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The Cyber Hymnal #8077

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The Cyber Hymnal #10024

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The Cyber Hymnal #12627

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The Hymnal 1982 #697

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P56

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #R31

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #255

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #513b

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The New English Hymnal #225a

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