In Celebration, Clap Your Hands and Sing

Author (stanza 3): Paul H. Erickson, 1940-

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Author (stanzas 1, 2, 4): Carol Fox Thorne, twentieth century

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Text Information

First Line: In celebration, clap your hands and sing
Title: In Celebration, Clap Your Hands and Sing
Author (stanza 3): Paul H. Erickson, 1940-
Author (stanzas 1, 2, 4): Carol Fox Thorne, twentieth century
Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias
Copyright: © 1982 Christianity Today; © 1996 Covenant Publications

Tune

SINE NOMINE

Ralph Vaughan Williams (PHH 316) composed SINE NOMINE for this text and published it in the English Hymnal in 1906. Vaughan Williams wrote two harmonizations¬–one for unison stanzas and one for choral stanzas. The tune's title means "without name" and follows the Renaissance tradition of naming c…

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The Covenant Hymnal #555

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