SING ALLELUIA (Stassen)

SING ALLELUIA (Stassen)

Composer: Linda Stassen (1974)
Published in 14 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Linda Stassen

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Tune Information

Composer: Linda Stassen (1974)
Meter: Irregular
Key: b minor or modal
Copyright: © 1974, Linda Stassen. Renewed Linda L. Benjamin, New Song Creations

Texts

Lift Up Your Hearts unto the Lord

Lift up your hearts unto the Lord,
lift up your hearts unto the Lord.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia;
lift up your hearts unto the Lord!
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Notes

Stassen-Benjamin's music appears in various collections with slight variations in the second part. The version here permits continuous singing of the two parts at the distance of one measure. The second part imitates the first part initially and again at the close, but the middle line of the second part is independent. Dale Grotenhuis (PHH 4) provided the harmonization in 1986.

The song can be sung in various ways: (a) have the congregation sing the main melody, and have a choir or any small group sing the second part in the manner of an e ho or descant; (b) divide the singing of the two parts between similar-size groups within the congregation, such as left side and right side, or men and women; (c) use other instruments such as guitars, trumpet, recorder, and handbells, and improvise some percussion rhythms. Sing this music at a moving tempo without breaks between stanzas.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

Instances

Instances (14)TextImageAudioScore
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #214TextImage
Baptist Hymnal 2008 #35TextImage
Celebration Hymnal #198TextImage
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #844Image
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #309TextImageAudio
Renew! #202TextImage
Sing Joyfully #69TextImage
Sing the Faith #2258
Sing With Me #184Text
Songs for Life #63Text
The Covenant Hymnal: a worshipbook #316
The Faith We Sing #2258
The Worshiping Church #771TextImage
Worship and Rejoice #120TextImage