Ascendit (John Stainer)
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CPDL #15525: NWC Sibelius4
- Contributor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 21 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Edition from the Cyber Hymnal™ - File Sizes: PDF: 21 KB, 2nd PDF: 22 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB, Sib4: 30 KB.
General Information
Title: Ascendit
Composer: John Stainer
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns Meter: 886. 886
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: Tune: Ascendit, John Stainer, in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875; Lyrics: Unknown author (Würzburg, Germany: 13th Century) (Tu Christe nostrum gaudium, part of the longer Aeterne Rex altissime); translated from Latin to English by David T. Morgan in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875, and his Hymns and Other Poetry of the Latin Church, 1880.
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Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- O Christ, our Joy, gone up on high
- To fill Thy throne above the sky,
- How glorious dost Thou shine!
- Thy sovereign rule the worlds obey,
- And earthly joys all fade away
- In that pure light of Thine.
- 2.
- To Thee in prayer Thy people bow;
- O may our sins Thy pardon know,
- The cleansing of Thy grace;
- Then lift our hearts to Thee above,
- On wings of faithfulness and love,
- To seek Thy holy place.
- 3.
- So, when the sudden call shall sound,
- And with Thy robe of clouds around
- Thou, Christ, shalt come once more,
- Thyself our Judge may’st turn away
- The penalty our sins should pay
- And our lost crowns restore.
- 4.
- Ascended up from mortal sight,
- Jesu, we praise Thee in the height,
- Our Joy, our great Reward;
- Whom with the Father we confess
- And with the Holy Spirit bless,
- One ever glorious Lord.
Lyrics: Unknown author (Würzburg, Germany: 13th Century) (Tu Christe nostrum gaudium, part of the longer Aeterne Rex altissime); translated from Latin to English by David T. Morgan in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875, and his Hymns and Other Poetry of the Latin Church, 1880.