Tune: GENEVAN 103

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GENEVAN 103

Composer: Anonymous (1539)
Published in 3 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Anonymous

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Tune Information

Title:	GENEVAN 103
Composer:	Anonymous (1539)
Meter:	11.11.10.11.11.10
Incipit:	56711 76716 55543
Key:	D Major

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Texts

O Bless the Lord, My Soul, with All Thy Power

Come, Praise the LORD, My Soul

Come, praise the LORD, my soul, and all within me,
praise his most holy name; bring him the glory.
Forget not all his benefits to you.
He is forgiving, heals all your diseases,
redeems your life, so satisfies and pleases
that, like the eagle's, he renews your youth.

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Notes

GENEVAN 103 was first published in 1539 in Strasbourg, where Calvin published a small collection of nineteen psalms. Howard Slenk (PHH 3) harmonized the tune in 1985. Psalm 103 is a favorite song in the Dutch Reformed tradition, partially because of its textual content, of course, but also because its Hypo-Mixolydian tune has great merit. The six long lines have satisfying melodic curves and two main rhythmic patterns supplied by lines 1 and 3 (the other lines are repeats of these) . Not all stanzas are equally jubilant, but strong organ accompaniment is helpful throughout.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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