FRANÇAIS

FRANÇAIS

Composer: Joshua F. Drake (2004)
Published in 1 hymnal


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Composer: Joshua F. Drake

Born: Sep­tem­ber 27, 1979, Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see. Drake grew up on 40 acres of land that had been in his fam­i­ly for three gen­er­a­tions. While stu­dy­ing Sac­red Mu­sic at Un­ion Un­i­ver­si­ty in Jack­son, Ten­nes­see, he be­came in­ter­est­ed in sus­tain­ing the church’s hym­no­dy, and de­vel­oped a love for po­e­try. In 2001, he went to pur­sue post­grad­u­ate stu­dies in Mu­sic­ol­o­gy at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow, Scot­land, where he grad­u­at­ed with a M.Mus. in 2003. As of 2006, he was pur­su­ing his Ph.D. on late 15th Cen­tu­ry La­tin mo­tets. He teach­es Hu­man­i­ties and Mu­sic The­o­ry at Grove Ci­ty Col­lege, Penn­syl­van­ia, and wor­ships at… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: FRANÇAIS
Composer: Joshua F. Drake (2004)
Meter: 8.7.87.8.8.7
Incipit: 15313 43212 34332
Key: C Major
Copyright: Released to the Public Domain

Texts

Behold, What Light Rolls Back the Sky?

Behold, what light rolls back the sky?
What fear and trepidation!
The trumpets blast a vict&#;ry cry
For ransomed congregations.
And leading them, their sovereign head,
Is Christ the judge of quick and dead,
Demanding exultation.

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The Cyber Hymnal #450
Text: Behold, What Light Rolls Back the Sky?
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