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Lift up your heads, eternal gates, Unfold to entertain

Representative Text

1 Lift up your heads, eternal gates,
Unfold to entertain
The King of Glory! see! He comes
With His celestial train.

2 Who is the King of Glory? who?
The Lord for strength renown'd;
In battle mighty; o'er His foes
Eternal Victor crown'd

3 Lift up your heads, ye gates; unfold,
In state to entertain
The King of Glory! see, He comes
With all His shining train.

4 Who is the King of glory? who?
The Lord of hosts renown'd;
Of glory He alone is King,
Who is with glory crown'd.

Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1871

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Text Information

First Line: Lift up your heads, eternal gates, Unfold to entertain
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: Tate & Brady
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

ZERAH


DUNDEE (Ravenscroft)

DUNDEE first appeared in the 1615 edition of the Scottish Psalter published in Edinburgh by Andro Hart. Called a "French" tune (thus it also goes by the name of FRENCH), DUNDEE was one of that hymnal's twelve "common tunes"; that is, it was not associated with a specific psalm. In the Psalter Hymnal…

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EIN FESTE BURG

The original rhythms of EIN FESTE BURG (see 469) had already reached their familiar isorhythmic (all equal rhythms) shape by the time of Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) in the eighteenth century. The harmonization is taken from his Cantata 80. Many organ and choral works are based on this chorale, including…

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