Festival Te Deum (Op. 32)

Britten, Benjamin (1913–1976)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB
Solo Voice

Accompaniment:
Organ

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord → The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord → At the Mass during the Day
Proper of Time → Easter Season → General Easter Season
Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe → Cycle A
Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe → Cycle B
Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe → Cycle C
Commons → Common of the Dedication of a Church → General Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church
Commons → Common of the Dedication of a Church → In the Church that Was Dedicated
Commons → Common of the Dedication of a Church → Outside the Church That Was Dedicated
Ritual Masses → For the Conferral of Holy Orders → For the Ordination of a Bishop

Publication Information:
Boosey & Hawkes — M-060-01426-0 (1945)

Duration: 8:00
Lyrics:

We praise thee, O God, we acknowledge thee to be the Lord;
all the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.
To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens, and all the powers therein.
To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry,
Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God of Sabaoth!
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.

The glorious company of the apostles praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee.
The noble army of martyrs praise thee.
The Holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee:
The Father of an infinite majesty, thine honorable, true, and only Son;
also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man,
thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge.
We therefore pray thee help thy servants
whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting.

O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage.
Govern them and lift them up forever.
Day by day we magnify thee and we worship thy name
ever world without end.
Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this day without sin,
O Lord have mercy upon us, 
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us,
as our trust is in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I trusted;
let me never be confounded.

Notes: SATB with Soprano divisi and treble solo (or subsection).
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Jan 15, 2022