I Heard a Voice from Heaven

Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852–1924)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB
Solo Voice

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle A
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle B
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle C
Proper of Saints → The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) (November 2)
Masses for the Dead

Publication Information:
Oxford University Press — A Stanford Anthology (2004)
ISBN 0-19-386640-4

Text Information:
Reference: Revelation 14:13

Lyrics:

I heard a voice from heaven, 
saying unto me, “Write:
From henceforth blessed are the dead 
which die in the Lord.”
Even so saith the Spirit,
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord,
for they rest from their labors,
and their works follow them.”

Notes: SATB with Soprano solo [or section]. In A Stanford Anthology, a collection of 18 anthems and motets, p. 23.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Mar 5, 2022