The X Commandments (John Farmer)
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- (Posted 2017-10-10) CPDL #46697:
- Editor: Paul Cienniwa (submitted 2017-10-10). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 2.71 MB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Based on a tune from the 1561 Genevan Psalter, Farmer's setting
appears as only the first verse of the 1645 versification. This edition takes liberty with phrase endings, changing them from whole notes to half notes for more rhythmic verve. The final "Amen" is the editor's. Because of its length, the editor recommends alternating verses between reduced and full choir.
- (Posted 2016-09-17) CPDL #41154: (Finale 2012)
- Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2016-09-17). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 59 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: The X Commandments
Composer: John Farmer
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: STTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: This tune from Genevan Psalter, 1561. Farmer's harmonization first published in The Whole Booke of Psalmes (Thomas Este) in 1592.
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Original text and translations
English text
Hark Israel and what I say,
give heed to understand,
I am the Lord thy God that brought,
thee out of Egypt land,
even from the house wherein thou didst,
in thraldom live a slave,
none other Gods at all before,
my presence shalt thou have.