Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.818229
By Stephen R Dalrymple. By Isaac Watts and Lowell Mason (from George Frederick Handel). Arranged by Stephen R Dalrymple (Dalrymple Designs). Christmas. Score. 14 pages. Stephen R Dalrymple #3087649. Published by Stephen R Dalrymple (A0.818229).
Joy to the World with The Hallelujah Chorus
♫ piano solo arrangement by Stephen R Dalrymple
♫ based on the public domain hymn by Isaac Watts and Lowell Mason (from George Frederick Handel)
♫ Isaac Watts published the lyrics in 1719. We credit Isaac Watts for helping to popularize “hymns” over “Psalms” in Protestant churches in the 18th Century. The texts of “Psalms” came directly from the Bible; “hymns” were more interpretive and reflective. Whether to allow the use of hymns rather than Psalms in church was a controversial topic of the 17th and 18th centuries!
♫ Watts used Psalm 96 and 98 with Genesis 3 to create the lyrics of Joy to the World. For over a hundred years, the lyrics were sung to various Psalm tunes.
♫ Lowell Mason published our current version with the melody ANTIOCH in 1848. He attributed the melody to George Frederick Handel by Lowell. We can find several fragments of this melody in Handel’s music, there is no complete statement of the melody in Handel. And so ANTIOCH is now attributed to Mason.
♫ The Hallelujah Chorus serves as the introduction and the conclusion of this arrangement. It was first published within Messiah, an oratorio by George Frederick Handel in 1741. The lyrics were created by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible.
♫ “The Lord is come” is the present perfect tense. It seems archaic, yet the present perfect tense has a distinct meaning. It points to a current action that is sustained. It isn’t just that Christ came in the past. But that Christ came and is still here with us.
♫ music © 2017 (copyright registered in 'I See your Glory’ collection)
♫ recording ℗ 2020 Stephen R Dalrymple
♫ presentation © 2022 Stephen R Dalrymple
♫ performed by the composer
♫ This .pdf file includes 2 files: 1) Letter size piano score 2) Small page piano score for performing from a 10 inch tablet
♫ (Tell your computer which pages you want to print. There are programs online that will allow you to split pdf files so that you can choose the correct part of the pdf for your tablet.)
♫ A duplicate YouTube video in English is available under the title Joie dans le monde https://youtu.be/QrcR5GaKzW4
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