GENEVAN 136

GENEVAN 136

Harmonizer: Claude Goudimel (1564)
Published in 7 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Sibelius
Audio files: MIDI

Harmonizer: Claude Goudimel

Claude Goudimel (c. 1514 to 1520 – between 28 August and 31 August 1572) was a French composer, music editor and publisher, and music theorist of the Renaissance. Claude Goudimel was born in Besançon. Few details of his life are known until he is documented in Paris in 1549, where he was studying at the University of Paris; in that year he also published a book of chansons. In the early 1550s he worked with printer Nicolas Du Chemin, and may have still been studying at the University of Paris until 1555; by 1555 he was also Du Chemin's partner in the publishing business. Goudimel moved to Metz in 1557, converting to Protestantism, and is known to have been associated with the Huguenot cause there; however he left Metz due to the in… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Harmonizer: Claude Goudimel (1564)
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 55123 45354 3121
Key: G Major/G Major or modal
Source: Genevan Psalter, 1562; Les cent cinquante Pseaumes de David, 1564; Genevan Psalter, 1562
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Texts

Let Us With Gladsome Mind

Jesus! Name of Wondrous Love

Jesus! Name of wondrous love!
Name all other names above!
Unto which must every knee
Bow in deep humility.
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Praise Our God With Shouts of Joy

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Notes

GENEVAN 136 was first published in the 1562 edition of the Genevan Psalter. The 1564 harmonization by Claude Goudimel (PHH 6) originally placed the melody in the tenor. One of the shortest and brightest tunes from Geneva, this music may be sung responsorially (with a soloist for the narrative stanzas and everyone on the refrain parts, that is, the second half of each even-numbered stanza) or antiphonally (with two groups alternating on the narration, and everyone singing the refrain parts). The tune is in Mixolydian mode and properly ends on D. However, to modern ears D may need resolution to G, the opening chord. For that reason and because of the short tune and narrative style, do not hold the last chord. Instead, continue the rhythmic motion between verses without a pause, especially when singing antiphonally or responsorially. A song leader will help to keep the congregation moving along. MONKLAND (223), which is also associated with Psalm 136 and John Milton's versification in some other hymnals, is a useful alternate to GENEVAN 136.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Media

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #136
Text: Let Us with a Gladsome Mind
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Instances

Instances (4)TextImageAudioScore
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #252TextImage
Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship #66EImage
Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship #136BImage
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #136TextImageAudioScore
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