KING OF GLORY (Israeli)

KING OF GLORY (Israeli)

Published in 56 hymnals


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Tune Information

Title: KING OF GLORY (Israeli)
Meter: 12.12 with refrain
Incipit: 33215 12332 11332
Key: e minor
Source: Israeli folk melody
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Jabusch wrote his text to correspond to PROMISED ONE, an Israeli folk tune. Probably of Hasidic origin, PROMISED ONE was associated with the folk song "Gilu Hagalilim," brought by Zionist settlers to Israel after World War I. The Fireside Book of Folk Songs (1947) contains the tune with a different text but with the "Lift up your voices" phrase in its refrain.

This joyful minor tune has the syncopated rhythm associated with the Jewish hora dance and derives its melodic phrases from variations of the first line. PROMISED ONE is an exciting tune intended to be sung with perpetual energy and without pauses between refrain and stanza and refrain. Sing in unison and try using a faster tempo for each succeeding stanza. Accompany with guitar, various percussion instruments, hand clapping and/or Orff instruments on the ostinati patterns or improvise similar patterns. Try adding a simple descant for the final two measures of the refrain by going up the scale as follows. B, C-sharp, D-sharp, E, E.

John Ferguson (b. Cleveland, OH, 1941) prepared the setting for Advent services at the United Church of Christ, Kent, Ohio, in 1973. That setting was published the following year in the UCC's Hymnal, of which Ferguson was music editor. Known for his skill as a music clinician and for his organ concerts and improvisations, Ferguson has devoted much of his professional life to church music. He was educated at Oberlin College, Kent State University, and the Eastman School of Music, where he received a Doctor of Musical Arts in 1976. From 1965 to 1978 he was professor of music at Kent State University and organist and choirmaster at the United Church of Christ. He served as music director and organist at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1978 to 1983. Since 1983 Ferguson has been professor of church music and organ at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. He has published numerous choral anthems and hymn arrangements for organ and issued various recordings of hymn festivals. His published works include A Musician's Guide to Church Music (1981) and Worship Blueprints: Guide to Planning Warship Music (1983).

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • 5 Psalm Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1997) pp. 8
  • Easy Hymn Settings Advent - Christmas
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1996) pp. 14

Organ Solo

  • Augsburg Organ Library Advent Series II
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Alec Rowley; James Biery
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2018) pp. 82
  • Easter Glory!: Festive Organ Music for the Season
    Composer/Editors Michael Shea; Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2008) pp. 32
  • Organ Preludes on Folk Songs
    Composer/Editor Aaron David Miller
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2005) pp. 34
  • Augsburg Organ Library Advent
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Wayne L. Wold
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2000) pp. 49
  • 5 Psalm Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1997) pp. 4
  • How Great Our Savior!: Hymns of Atonement for Organ
    Composer/Editor Dick Torrans
    Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1997) pp. 9
  • Easy Hymn Settings Advent - Christmas
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1996) pp. 14
  • God With Us: Eleven Pieces for Organ
    Composer/Editor Emma Lou Diemer
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1994) pp. 22
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 56 Number 4 March 1993: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editor Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1993) pp. 42
  • Easy Marches and Postludes: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1976) pp. 20
  • The Organist Volume 72 Number 1 March 1968: A Bi-Monthly Magazine for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Roger C. Wilson; Stanley P. Trusselle
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1968) pp. 24
  • Organ Voluntaries for the Easter Season Number Two
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Stanley P. Trusselle
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1964) pp. 20
  • The Church Year Number One: Easy Organ Voluntaries for Liturgical Church Use
    Composer/Editors Howard Zettervall; Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1961) pp. 43
  • The Organist Volume 65 Number 1 March 1961: A Bi-Monthly Magazine for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Rob Roy Peery; Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1961) pp. 16

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Preludes and Postludes Volume 2: For Organ and Piano
    Composer/Editor Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1981) pp. 24

Piano Duet+: Piano Duet One Piano

  • Simple Gifts: Piano Duets for One Piano, Four Hands
    Composer/Editor Ellen Foncannon
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1988) pp. 2

Instances

Instances (1 - 54 of 54)

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #127

Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #714

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #177

Christian Worship (1993) #363

Christian Worship #548

Christian Worship #24A

Christian Worship #24B

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #20

Common Praise (1998) #632

Page Scan

El Himnario #200

TextPage Scan

El Himnario Presbiteriano #200

Fiesta Jubilosa #26

Gather (3rd ed.) #572

Gather Comprehensive #486

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #494

Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #368

Text InfoAudio

Glory to God #364

Himnos de Vida y Luz #150

Hymnal Supplement 1991 #727

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #158

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #20

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #487

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #470

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #341

Audio

Lift Up Your Hearts #144

One and All Rejoice #205

One in Faith #640

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #474

Psalms for All Seasons #24E

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Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #370

Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship #267

RitualSong #628

Saint Augustine Hymnal (2nd ed) #119

Santo, Santo, Santo #149

Santo, Santo, Santo #206

Sing and Rejoice! #122

Sing the Faith #2091

Sing! A New Creation #15a

Singing the Living Tradition #220

Audio

Small Church Music #2416

Songs for Life #156

The Book of Praise #12

The Covenant Hymnal #137

The Covenant Hymnal #792

The Faith We Sing #2091

The Presbyterian Hymnal #177

The Worshiping Church #134

Together in Song #279

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #240

Voices United #750

ScoreAudio

With Heart and Voice #88

Worship (3rd ed.) #501

Worship (4th ed.) #565

Worship and Rejoice #159

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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