BENEDIC, ANIMA MEA (Gibbons)

BENEDIC, ANIMA MEA (Gibbons)

Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons (baptised 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was a leading composer in the England of his day. Gibbons was born in Cambridge and christened at Oxford the same year – thus appearing in Oxford church records. Between 1596 and 1598 he sang in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where his brother Edward Gibbons (1568–1650), eldest of the four sons of William Gibbons, was master of the choristers. The second brother Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603) was also a promising composer, but died young. Orlando entered the university in 1598 and achieved the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1606. James I appointed him a Gentleman of th… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Key: E♭ Major
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Texts

Benedic Anima Mea

Praise the LORD O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy Name.
Praise the LORD O my soul and forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth all thy sin and healeth all thine infirmities;
Who saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness.
O praise the LORD ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength, ye that fulfil his commandment and hearken unto the voice of his word.
O praise the LORD, all ye hosts, ye servants of his that do his pleasure.
O speak good of the LORD, all ye works of his in all places of his dominion; praise thou the LORD O my soul.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
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