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<b>Composer:</b> [[Peter Bird]]<br>
<b>Composer:</b> [[Peter Bird]]<br>


<b>Number of voices:</b> 4vv&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> SATB, sometimes divisi<br>
<b>Number of voices:</b> 4vv&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> SATB<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], Anthem<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], Anthem<br>
<b>Language:</b> English<br>
<b>Language:</b> English<br>
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<b>Published: </b>2005<br>
<b>Published: </b>2005<br>


<b>Description: </b>“Since I am coming to that Holy room, where, with Thy choir of saints forevermore, I shall be made Thy music; as I come I tune the instrument here at the door; and what I must do then, think here before.” [First stanza of John Donne’s Hymn to God, My God, in my Sickness, 1631?] In more-or-less late Renaissance style (except that fourths are allowed in the context of 2nd inversions of triads).
<b>Description: </b>“Since I am coming to that Holy room, where, with Thy choir of saints forevermore, I shall be made Thy music; as I come I tune the instrument here at the door; and what I must do then, think here before.” [First stanza of John Donne’s Hymn to God, My God, in my Sickness, 1631?] In more-or-less late Renaissance style (except that fourths are allowed in the context of 2nd inversions of triads).


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<b>External websites: </b>
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[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Sacred music]][[Category:Anthems]][[Category:SATB]][[Category:Modern music]]
[[Category:Sacred music]]
[[Category:Anthems]]
[[Category:SATB, sometimes divisi]]
[[Category:Modern music]]

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Editor: Peter Bird (added 2005-10-26).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 68 kbytes   Copyright: Copyright © 2005 by George Peter Bird. This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded.
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General Information

Title: Donne's Hymn
Composer: Peter Bird

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella.
Published: 2005

Description: “Since I am coming to that Holy room, where, with Thy choir of saints forevermore, I shall be made Thy music; as I come I tune the instrument here at the door; and what I must do then, think here before.” [First stanza of John Donne’s Hymn to God, My God, in my Sickness, 1631?] In more-or-less late Renaissance style (except that fourths are allowed in the context of 2nd inversions of triads).

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