O Lord, turn thy wrath away (William Byrd)
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- Editor: Hans de Vries (submitted 2016-07-21). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 117 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: O Lord, turn thy wrath away
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1768 in Cathedral Music, Volume 2, p. 24
Description: A contrafactum of Byrd's Ne irascaris Domine.
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Original text and translations
English text
O Lord, turn thy wrath away from us for thy mercy`s sake.
Call to mind no more, O our God, our former sins and wickedness.
Look down with thy merciful eyes, and see
We be thy people and thy pasture sheep.