O come, loud anthems let us sing

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O come, loud anthems let us sing, Loud thanks to our Almighty King

Author: Nahum Tate
Published in 260 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Fourteen (14) American Spirituals and Hy…

Choral
	Good and Simple Gifts

Instrumental
	Great Is Our God! (Contemporary Solos fo…

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O come, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our Almighty King.
For we our voices high should raise,
When our salvation’s Rock we praise.

Source: The Sacred Harp: the best collection of sacred songs, hymns, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public for general use (1991 rev.) #49a

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Author: Nahum Tate

Nahum Tate was born in Dublin and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1672. He lacked great talent but wrote much for the stage, adapting other men's work, really successful only in a version of King Lear. Although he collaborated with Dryden on several occasions, he was never fully in step with the intellectual life of his times, and spent most of his life in a futile pursuit of popular favor. Nonetheless, he was appointed poet laureate in 1692 and royal historiographer in 1702. He is now known only for the New Version of the Psalms of David, 1696, which he produced in collaboration with Nicholas Brady. Poverty stricken throughout much of his life, he died in the Mint at Southwark, where he had taken refuge from his creditors… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O come, loud anthems let us sing, Loud thanks to our Almighty King
Title:	O come, loud anthems let us sing
Author:	Nahum Tate
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Tate and Brady, 1698
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 95
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PARK STREET

OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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SALISBURY (Haydn)

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The People's Hymn Book (1924), p.184

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Instances

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Seamen's Devotional Assistant, and Mariners' Hymns; prepared under direction of the American Seamen's Friend Society #532

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #472

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Piano/Organ Fourteen (14) American Spirituals and Hymns CREATIVE USE OF THE PIANO IN WORSHIP, THE Five Psalm Hymn Improvisations More Piano/Organ...
Choral Good and Simple Gifts Good and Simple Gifts More Choral...
Instrumental Great Is Our God! (Contemporary Solos for Flute) Great Is Our God! (Contemporary Solos for Flute) Five Hymn Accompaniments for Brass Quartet and Organ, Set 2 More Instrumental...
Handbells Handbell Hymns, Vol. 3 Praise God! - Handbell Part Handbell Hymns, Vol. 3 More Handbells...

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