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Meter: 5.5.5.5.5.5 D Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Ascension & Reign of Christ; Biblical Names & Places Abraham; King, God/Christ as; Ascension & Reign of Christ; Biblical Names & Places Abraham; King, God/Christ as Scripture: Psalm 47 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 47 Text Sources: Psalter Hyymnal, 1987

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GENEVAN 47

Meter: 5.5.5.5.5.5 D Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois; Claude Goudimel Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 53123 43221 55671 Used With Text: Nations, Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)

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Nations, Clap Your Hands

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #47 (1987) Meter: 5.5.5.5.5.5 D Topics: Ascension & Reign of Christ; Biblical Names & Places Abraham; King, God/Christ as; Ascension & Reign of Christ; Biblical Names & Places Abraham; King, God/Christ as Scripture: Psalm 47 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVAN 47

Nations, Clap Your Hands

Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #47E (2012) Topics: Biblical Names and Places Abraham; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Church Year Ascension of the Lord; Church Year Baptism of the Lord; Church Year Christ the King; Church Year Pentecost; Earth; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Enemies; Enthronement Psalms; God Trust in; God as Shield; God as King; God's Reigning; God's Sovereignty; God's Armor; God's Strength; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Joy; Mercy; Mission; Music and Musicians; Musical Instruments; Occasional Services Commissioning; People of God / Church Witnessing; Rejoicing; Rulers; Suffering; The Incarnation; Worship; Year A, B, C, Easter, Ascension of the Lord, Ascention Day (Thursday or 7th Sunday of Easter) Scripture: Psalm 47 Tune Title: GENEVAN 47

Nations, Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)

Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #216 (2013) Meter: 5.5.5.5.5.5 D First Line: Nations, clap your hands Topics: Biblical Names and Places Abraham; Church Year Ascension; Church Year Christ the King; God As Ruler; Jesus Christ Reign; Elements of Worship Opening of Worship: Called And Gathered Scripture: Psalm 47 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVAN 47

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Louis Bourgeois

1510 - 1561 Composer of "GENEVAN 47" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation. The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life. Bert Polman

Claude Goudimel

1514 - 1572 Harmonizer of "GENEVAN 47" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) The music of Claude Goudimel (b. Besançon, France, c. 1505; d. Lyons, France, 1572) was first published in Paris, and by 1551 he was composing harmonizations for some Genevan psalm tunes-initially for use by both Roman Catholics and Protestants. He became a Calvinist in 1557 while living in the Huguenot community in Metz. When the complete Genevan Psalter with its unison melodies was published in 1562, Goudimel began to compose various polyphonic settings of all the Genevan tunes. He actually composed three complete harmonizations of the Genevan Psalter, usually with the tune in the tenor part: simple hymn-style settings (1564), slightly more complicated harmonizations (1565), and quite elaborate, motet-like settings (1565-1566). The various Goudimel settings became popular throughout Calvinist Europe, both for domestic singing and later for use as organ harmonizations in church. Goudimel was one of the victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots, which occurred throughout France. Bert Polman