O Lord God of hosts (John Alcock Jr.)

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• CPDL #28414:  Sibelius 7

Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2013-02-26).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 105 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: The alto and tenor parts are printed in the alto and tenor clefs in the source, while the two treble-range instrumental parts are printed on the same treble-clef stave (with the note stems in opposing directions): these have been separated out in the present edition. The following notes are printed as small grace notes in the source, and have been editorially expanded: bar 8, beat 1, G in treble instrumental parts; bar 8, beat 2, E♭ in treble instrumental parts; bar 18, beat 2, tenor B♭; bar 74, beat 1, G in treble instrumental parts; bar 81, beat 1, alto E♭; bar 84, beat 2, alto F; bar 94, beat 2, alto D; bar 101, beat 1, alto G and bass E♭; bar 104, beat 2, alto D; bar 112, beat 2, D and B♭ in treble instrumental parts.

General Information

Title: O Lord God of hosts
Composer: John Alcock Jr.

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo

Published: 1777

Description: This anthem, by John Alcock the younger, was published on pp13-16 of his Parochial Harmony, London: 1777.

An instrumental bass part to the anthem, transposed down a semitone into D major, appears in the manuscript book of Henry Gillett, of South Petherton, Somerset (Somerset Archives: DD\X\CHP/6), where it is titled 'Anthem 84 Ps^m Alcock'.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 84.