Lift up your heads

( Lift up your heads ye mighty gates ; Fling wide the portals of your heart ; Redeemer come I open wide )

Text by Weissel, Georg (1590-1635) [Germany] (1642)
Adaptor of the text: Winkworth, Catherine (1829-1868) [Great Britain]
Edition
Published by Carl Fischer Inc. [USA] , 1969 ; in American folk hymns for Christmas (13 p.)
Ref. : CM7707  (2 p.)
Type of material: Full score
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 20th century
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Hymntune setting ; Psalm
Type of Choir: unspecified voicing  (1 boy choir OR children OR girls choir voices )
Instrumentation: Keyboard  (1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments: Organ (1) or Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 1
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): A
Tonality: E minor
Duration: 1.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Christmas
Number of verses: 3
Musicological Sources: From Sacred Harp ; Tune:Distress
Biblical references: Psalms : 24
 

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