O day of radiant gladness (Charles H. Giffen)
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- CPDL #13135: Finale 2005
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2006-11-20). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 119 kB Copyright: CPDL May be freely copied, distributed, performed or recorded. Please inform the composer of any performances of this work.
- Edition notes: First two stanzas harm. by George Ratcliffe Woodward. Harm. of second two stanzas and descants (stanzas 2 and 4) by Charles H. Giffen
General Information
Title: O day of radiant gladness [Tune:Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein]
Composer: Charles H. Giffen
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB with S descant
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments:
Published: 2004
Description: Hymn tune: Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein 76. 76. D
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Original text and translations
English text Text: Stanzas 1-2, Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1855), alt.;
- stanza 3, Charles P. Price (b. 1920);
- stanza 4, Hymnal 1982.
- 1
- O day of radiant gladness,
- O day of joy and light,
- O balm of care and sadness,
- most beautiful, most bright;
- this day the high and lowly,
- through ages joined in tune,
- sing, "Holy, holy, holy,"
- to the great God Triune.
- 2
- This day at the creation,
- the light frist had its birth;
- this day for our salvation
- Christ rose from depths of earth;
- this day our Lord victorious
- the Spirit sent from heaven,
- and thus this day most glorious
- a triple light was given.
- 3
- This day, God's people meetihg,
- his Holy Scripture hear;
- his living presence greeting,
- through Bread and Wine made near.
- We journey on, believing,
- renewed with heavenly might,
- from grace more grace receiving
- on this blest day of light.
- 4
- That light our hope sustaining,
- we walk the pilgrim way,
- at lenth our rest attaining,
- our endless Sabbath day.
- We sing to thee our praises,
- O Father, Spirit, Son;
- the Church her voice upraises
- to thee, blest Three in One.