GENEVAN 93

GENEVAN 93

Harmonizer: Claude Goudimel (1564, alt.)
Published in 1 hymnal


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, alt.)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Key: C Major
Source: Genevan Psalter, 1562
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Texts

The LORD Is King

The LORD is King; he reigns in majesty;
the LORD is robed and girded up with strength.
The world shall not be moved; he holds it firm;
his throne is fixed from all eternity.
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Notes

First published in the 1562 edition of the Genevan Psalter, GENEVAN 93 is in Hypo-Mixolydian mode and consists of four lines, each of which has a unique rhythmic pattern. This joyful music is well suited to part singing and festive occasions with brass accompaniment. The 1564 harmonization (altered) is by Claude Goudimel (PHH 6), who originally placed the melody in the tenor.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Media

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #172
Text: The LORD Is King
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