Holy, Holy, Holy
Reginald Heber's hymn to John Bacchus Dykes's tune Nicaea, on Dykes's harmony of 1861, for 2 to 4 singers: the first verse, steady and broad.
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The first verse
Words: Reginald Heber (written by 1823)Tune: John Bacchus Dykes, "Nicaea" (1861)
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee:Holy, Holy, Holy! merciful and mighty;God in Three Persons,Blessèd Trinity!
About Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy, Holy is Reginald Heber's hymn for Trinity Sunday, written while he was rector of Hodnet in Shropshire. Its earliest known printing is from 1826, the year he died in India, and his widow published it in his Hymns of 1827. Its tune, Nicaea, is John Bacchus Dykes's, written for Hymns Ancient and Modern in 1861, where the hymn is No. 135. Our arrangement is read from that page, in E as printed, on Dykes's harmony, with the alto and tenor revoiced for small groups and no Amen. This is the first verse for 2 to 4 singers, steady and broad: the tune climbs the home chord on "Holy, holy, holy", and the bass sings Dykes's own line.
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