God Is Gone Up

Finzi, Gerald (1901–1956)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ
Orchestra

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Easter Season → The Ascension of the Lord → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Easter Season → The Ascension of the Lord → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Easter Season → The Ascension of the Lord → Cycle C

Publication Information:
Boosey & Hawkes — OCTB-1926 (1939, 1952)

Manuscript Availability:
IMSLP

Text Information:
Reference: From Sacramental Meditations by Edward Taylor (1646?–1729)

Lyrics:

God is gone up with a triumphant shout:
The Lord with sounding trumpets’ melodies.
Sing praise, sing praise,
Sing praises out, sing praises out,
Unto our King sing praise seraphic-wise!
Lift up your heads, ye lasting doors, they sing,
And let the King of Glory enter in.

Me-thinks I see heaven’s sparkling courtiers fly,
In flakes of glory down him to attend,
And hear heart-cramping notes of melody
Surround his chariot as it did ascend;
Mixing their music, making every string
More to enravish as they this tune sing.

Notes: General thematic relevance to Ascension. SATB with occasional divisi in all parts. Organ OR orchestra accompaniment.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Oct 16, 2021 Last updated: Jan 15, 2022