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[O God, open my lips]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Tallis Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 35566 53565 35655 Used With Text: Opening Sentence
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Appears in 35 hymnals First Line: O God, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth your praise Lyrics: O God, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth your praise; Make haste, O God, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O God. Topics: Service Music Used With Tune: [O God, open my lips]
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The Festal Responses

Hymnal: Magnify the Lord #641 (2019) First Line: O Lord, open thou our lips Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord, open thou our lips]
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Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #744 (1995) First Line: O God, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth your praise Lyrics: O God, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth your praise; Make haste, O God, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O God. Topics: Service Music Tune Title: [O God, open my lips]
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Thomas Tallis

1505 - 1585 Composer of "[O God, open my lips]" in The New Century Hymnal Thomas Tallis (b. Leicestershire [?], England, c. 1505; d. Greenwich, Kent, England 1585) was one of the few Tudor musicians who served during the reigns of Henry VIII: Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth I and managed to remain in the good favor of both Catholic and Protestant monarchs. He was court organist and composer from 1543 until his death, composing music for Roman Catholic masses and Anglican liturgies (depending on the monarch). With William Byrd, Tallis also enjoyed a long-term monopoly on music printing. Prior to his court connections Tallis had served at Waltham Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral. He composed mostly church music, including Latin motets, English anthems, settings of the liturgy, magnificats, and two sets of lamentations. His most extensive contrapuntal work was the choral composition, "Spem in alium," a work in forty parts for eight five-voice choirs. He also provided nine modal psalm tunes for Matthew Parker's Psalter (c. 1561). Bert Polman
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