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* | *'''CPDL #16464:''' [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/2/2d/Blest_Pair_Of_Sirens-8-part.pdf {{pdf}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/8/8d/Blest_Pair_Of_Sirens-8-part.mid {{mid}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/d/df/Blest_Pair_Of_Sirens-8-part.sib Sibelius 4] | ||
{{Editor|John Henry Fowler|2008-03-28}}'''Score information:''' A4, 38 pages, 307 kbytes {{Copy|CPDL}} | {{Editor|John Henry Fowler|2008-03-28}}'''Score information:''' A4, 38 pages, 307 kbytes {{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Original SSAATTBB version. {{KbdVer|piano version|original orchestra accompaniment}} | :'''Edition notes:''' Original SSAATTBB version. {{KbdVer|piano version|original orchestra accompaniment}} | ||
* | *'''CPDL #16304:''' [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/7/79/Blest_Pair_Of_Sirens-4-part.pdf {{pdf}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/4/4e/Blest_Pair_Of_Sirens-4-part.mid {{mid}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/4/46/Blest_Pair_Of_Sirens-4-part.sib Sibelius 4] | ||
{{Editor|John Henry Fowler|2008-03-06}}'''Score information:''' A4, 21 pages, 241 kbytes {{Copy|CPDL}} | {{Editor|John Henry Fowler|2008-03-06}}'''Score information:''' A4, 21 pages, 241 kbytes {{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Arranged for four voices, SATB. {{KbdVer|piano version|original orchestra accompaniment}} | :'''Edition notes:''' Arranged for four voices, SATB. {{KbdVer|piano version|original orchestra accompaniment}} |
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- CPDL #16464: Sibelius 4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2008-03-28). Score information: A4, 38 pages, 307 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original SSAATTBB version. Includes a piano version of the original orchestra accompaniment.
- CPDL #16304: Sibelius 4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2008-03-06). Score information: A4, 21 pages, 241 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Arranged for four voices, SATB. Includes a piano version of the original orchestra accompaniment.
General Information
Title: Blest pair of Sirens
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: John Milton, from "At a Solemn Musick"
Number of voices: 8 or 4vv Voicing: SSAATTBB
(original), SATB (arrangement)
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Orchestra
Published: 1887
Description: Dedicated to C. V. Stanford and the members of the Bach Choir. Described by Parry as an "Ode".
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Original text and translations
English text
- Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy,
- Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse,
- Wed your divine sounds, and mixt power employ,
- Dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce;
- And to our high-raised phantasy present
- That undisturbed song of pure consent,
- Aye sung before the sapphire-coloured throne
- To him that sits thereon,
- With saintly shout and solemn jubilee;
- Where the bright Seraphim, in burning row,
- Their loud, uplifted angel-trumpets blow,
- And the Cherubic host in thousand quires
- Touch their immortal harps of golden wires,
- With those just spirits, that wear victorious palms,
- Hymns devout and holy psalms
- Singing everlastingly.
- That we on Earth with undiscording voice,
- May rightly answer that melodious noise;
- As once we did, till disproportioned sin
- Jarr'd against Nature's chime, and with harsh din
- Broke the fair music that all creatures made
- To their great Lord, whose love their motion swayed
- In perfect diapason, whilst they stood
- In first obedience, and their state of good.
- O may we soon again renew that song
- And keep in tune with Heaven, till God ere long
- To his celestial consort us unite,
- To live with him and sing in endless morn of light.