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Gradual & Alleluia Christ the King
Staff Notation • Sacred, Mass propers
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Gradual & Alleluia Christ the King by Henry Bird Collins — Lyrics
Psalmus, in Salomonem.
Deus, judicium tuum regi da, et justitiam tuam filio regis;
judicare populum tuum in justitia, et pauperes tuos in judicio.
Suscipiant montes pacem populo, et colles justitiam.
Judicabit pauperes populi, et salvos faciet filios pauperum, et humiliabit
calumniatorem.
Et permanebit cum sole, et ante lunam, in generatione et generationem.
Descendet sicut pluvia in vellus, et sicut stillicidia stillantia super terram.
Orietur in diebus ejus justitia, et abundantia pacis, donec auferatur luna.
Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos orbis terrarum.
Coram illo procident Aethiopes, et inimici ejus terram lingent.
Reges Tharsis et insulae munera offerent; reges Arabum et Saba
dona adducent:
et adorabunt eum omnes reges terrae; omnes gentes servient ei.
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About Gradual & Alleluia Christ the King
This setting of the Gradual and Alleluia for Christ the King pairs the SATB choir with a Latin text that prays for justice and peace, calling for righteous judgment for the people and the poor. The text speaks of righteousness arising and peace abounding, with a ruler's dominion extending to the ends of the earth. Henry Bird Collins's composition offers a sacred setting suitable for liturgical use, providing a rich choral sound to convey the solemnity and aspirational nature of the scriptural passages.
