Joy to the world the Lord is come (arr Mather)
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| Music: | Mostly from Holfords Voce di Melodia (c 1834) | |
| Arranger: | R. Mather | |
| Voicing: | SATB and Organ | |
| Words: | Isaac Watts |
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare Him room,
and Heaven and nature sing.
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare Him room,
and Heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love.
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love.
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Joy to the world - arr Mather
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Berks Youth Chorus, Reading, Pennsylvania
This version of "Joy to the world" published on Cantate Domino web
site was sung in the program “ONE CHRISTMAS
STORY: PEOPLE RICH IN SPIRIT” transmitted by CBS on 24th December Christmas Eve
2012.
The producer for the program is Odyssey
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Joy to the World. The scripture-based words are by
Isaac Watts. The music was adapted and arranged by Lowell Mason from an
older melody which was then believed to have originated from Handel, not
least because the theme of the refrain (And heaven and nature sing...)
appears in the orchestra opening and accompaniment of the recitative
Comfort Ye from Handel's Messiah, and the first four notes match the
beginning of the choruses Lift up your heads and Glory to God from the
same oratorio. However, Handel did not compose the entire tune.
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