Alleluia, the bridegroom cometh (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2018-04-26)  CPDL #49443:     

Editor: Nigel Williams (submitted 2018-04-26).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 68 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: English translation to match the stresses, though not the numbers of syllables, of the original Slavonic.

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Title: Alleluia, the bridegroom cometh
Composer: Anonymous (Kievan chant)
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 7vv   Voicing: SATTBBB

Genre: Sacred, Chant

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Anonymous Kievan Chant, harmonized in the 18th century

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Original text and translations

English text

Alleluia, the Bridegroom Cometh

Alleluia.
In the dead of night, hither cometh the bridegroom.
And the servant that he findeth watchful shall blessed be.
But he shall not find worthy the servant slumbering.
Awake O my soul therefore.
Let not sleep encumber thee.
Lest unto death thou be abandoned
and barred from the kingdom.
But stir thyself, ever crying
"Holy, holy, holy art Thou O God,
and with Mary Theotokos, Kyrie Eleison."