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==General Information== | ==General Information== |
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- Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2014-05-19). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 57 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Tranposed from F to G; note values halved. Editorial slurs and accidentals added.
General Information
Title: The eternal gates lift up their heads
Composer: Christopher Tye
Lyricist: Cecil Frances Alexander
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1553 in The Actes of the Apostles, no. 8
Description: This nineteenth-century text for Ascensiontide is paired with a simple four-part setting from Tye's The Actes of the Apostles (chapter VIII).
Original text and translations
English text
The eternal gates lift up their heads, the doors are opened wide;
The King of Glory is gone up unto his Father's side.
And ever on our earthly path a gleam of glory lies;
A light still breaks behind the cloud that veils thee from our eyes.