Our God ascended up on high (John Arnold)
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- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2015-04-29). Score information: A4, 1 page, 41 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Original clefs are treble, alto, tenor and bass. The text of the first verse only is underlaid in the source, with the three subsequent verses given here printed after the music: these have been underlaid editorially.
- MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Our God ascended up on high
Composer: John Arnold
Tune: South Ockendon
Lyricist: John Hopkins
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1757
Description: This setting of verses from Psalm 47 in the metrical Old Version was published on p7 of John Arnold's The Psalmist's Recreation, London: 1757. Hymn Tune Index tune number 2435.
The tune was republished, with the same text, in the fifth edition (1761), sixth edition (1769) and seventh edition (1779) of John Arnold's collection The Compleat Psalmodist. In those sources, it is given the tune name 'South Ockendon'.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 47.