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CPDL #21970:

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2010-07-14). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 210 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

CPDL #01951:

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2001-01-09). Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 316 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Updated with revisions submitted by Nick Landauer of Cantemus Reigate - 2/16/2006.

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

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Title: O Thou, the central orb
Composer: Charles Wood
Lyricist: Henry Ramsden Bramley

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1933 in The Church Anthem Book, p. 68

Description: The penultimate line of the text is the subject of some discussion. Some choirs sing "transforming day" whilst others sing "transforming clay". See the discussion here.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at O Thou, the central orb.

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-*<b>CPDL #1951:</b> [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/0/0c/Wood-orb.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/e9/Wood-orb.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/0/08/Wood-orb.enc ENCORE].<br>
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-:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:John Henry Fowler|John Henry Fowler]] <i>(added 2001-01-09)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>316 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]<br>
+{{Editor|John Henry Fowler|2001-01-09}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|7|316}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
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+:'''Edition notes:''' Updated with revisions submitted by Nick Landauer of Cantemus Reigate - 2/16/2006. {{ScoreError}}
-:<b>Edition notes:</b> Updated with revisions submitted by Nick Landauer of Cantemus Reigate - 2/16/2006.
 ==General Information==
-<b>Title:</b> <i>O Thou, the Central Orb</i><br>
+'''Title:''' ''O Thou, the central orb''<br>
-<b>Composer:</b> [[Charles Wood]]<br>
+{{Composer|Charles Wood}}
-<!-- other options include: Opus number, arranger, catalog number, larger work, listing of movements, etc. -->
+{{Lyricist|Henry Ramsden Bramley}}
-<b>Number of voices:</b> 4vv&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> SATB<br>
+{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
-'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Anthems|Anthems]] <br>
+{{Genre|Sacred|Anthems}}
-<b>Language:</b> [[English]]<br>
+{{Language|English}}
-<b>Instruments: </b>organ<br>
+{{Instruments|Organ}}
-<b>Published: </b><br>
+{{Pub|1|1933|in ''[[The Church Anthem Book]]''|pg=68}}
-<b>Description:</b> <br>
+'''Description:''' The penultimate line of the text is the subject of some discussion. Some choirs sing "transforming '''day'''" whilst others sing "transforming '''clay'''". See the discussion [[Talk:O Thou, the Central Orb (Charles Wood)|here]].
-There is an urban myth in several choirs that the penultimate line should read "transforming ''clay''". Ingenious though this correction is (and its ingenuity is no doubt why it has had, and still has, such wide appeal), it is not correct, as a look at Wood's original manuscript of the piece confirms; moreover, it is a misconstrual of the text. Although musically the phrase does appear to start a new clause, it needs to be read in the context of the whole verse; this demonstrates that the sense is "a day of transformation for souls that were formerly unclean". In other words, "transforming" is an adjective, not a participle. I hope that clears that one up!
+'''External websites:'''
-- Well, it might clear it up, except that no self-respecting poet (or even writer of doggerel hymns) would be content to have a word (day) stand as its own rhyme! Charles Wood would not be the first composer to have got a text wrong. The real question is: where is Bramley's MS?
-I agree - having 'transforming' as an adjective leaves a dangling adjectival phrase at the end, without a verb to turn it into a legitimate clause, and is totally at odds with the literate character of the rest of the poem. My choir will henceforth sing 'clay', making much more sense.
-<b>External websites: </b>
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+{{LinkText|O Thou, the central orb}}
-<b>Original text: </b>
+[[Category:Sheet music]]
+[[Category:Early 20th century music]]
-{{Text|English}}
+[[Category:Advent]]
-O Thou, the central orb of righteous love,<br/>
-Pure beam of the most High, eternal Light<br/>
-Of this our wintry world, Thy radiance bright<br/>
-Awakes new joy in faith, hope soars above.
-Come, quickly come, and let thy glory shine,<br/>
-Gilding our darksome heaven with rays Divine.
-Thy saints with holy lustre round Thee move,<br/>
-As stars about thy throne, set in the height<br/>
-Of God's ordaining counsel, as Thy sight<br/>
-Gives measured grace to each, Thy power to prove.
-Let Thy bright beams disperse the gloom of sin,<br/>
-Our nature all shall feel eternal day<br/>
-In fellowship with thee, transforming day<br/>
-To souls erewhile unclean, now pure within. Amen.
-:<i>H. R. Bramley</i>
-[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Sacred music]][[Category:Anthems]][[Category:SATB]][[Category:Early 20th century music]]

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