Bible Songs — Special Selections

"Great Is the Lord."

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,

No. 1402
Tune "GREAT IS THE LORD."
Music Lowell Mason.
Key F major
Time 3/4
1 stanzas

Words

Where the voices part, the print sets their words on separate lines: «Great is the Lord,» — the soprano holds «Lord, . . .» while alto, tenor and bass sing «and greatly to be praised,»; «Great is the Lord,» — the alto holds while soprano, tenor and bass sing «and greatly to be praised;»; «Great, great, great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,» — tenor and bass hold «Lord, . . .»; «Great is the Lord, and greatly to be» — the soprano holds «prais - - - ed;» while alto, tenor and bass sing «praised, In the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness;».Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;Great, great, great is the Lord,Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,In the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness,In the city of our God, In the mountain of his holiness.Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;Great, great, great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,In the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness, in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,In the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness;Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,In the city of our God, In the mountain of his holiness;In the city of our God, In the mountain of his holiness.Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen, Amen, Amen.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1402» (large, left), title «"GREAT IS THE LORD."» centred (condensed display capitals between double quotes); above system 1 «Allegro—Maestoso.» (italic) at the left, «Ps. 48 : 1.» in the middle and «LOWELL MASON.» (capitals and small capitals) at the right; no author of the words, no meter, no copyright line. The anthem fills page 610 and page 611, headed «"GREAT IS THE LORD."—Concluded.». The words stand in one line between the staves; where some voices hold a note while the others sing, the line splits in two: the holding voice's syllable followed by dots (or by hyphens: «prais - - - - ed;») above, the words of the moving voices below. The text is given here as sung through, once, in the order of the music; the split places are given as printed, the held line first. Syllable hyphens are joined; words printed unbroken under two notes («greatly», «praised», «mountain») are the print's own spelling. «In»/«in» is capitalised as printed in each place. The printer's thin space before «;» is closed up.