Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened

(Coronation Anthem for James II)

John Blow
(ca. 1649-1708)

SATB a cappella or with organ ad lib.

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Soprano

Let thy hand be


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Alto

Tenor

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Let thy hand be

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hand
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hand
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hand
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hand

be streng

be streng

then'd

then'd

be streng

judg - ment be
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judg - ment be
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,

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then'd

streng

then'd

the pre - pa - ra - tion

of

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,

of

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be

ex - alt - ed,

be

thy

thy

the pre - pa - ra - tion of thy

be

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tion

of

pa - ra - tion of

seat, the pre - pa - ra

seat, the pre

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pa - ra - tion of thy

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Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, or recorded.

thy  seat, Let

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Let jus - tice and

Let jus - tice and

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,

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hand

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be

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and thy right hand

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right

and thy right hand

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and thy right hand

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right hand

and thy

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judg - ment be

and thy right hand

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Let thy hand be

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Let thy hand be

seat, Let

rev. 1/11/00

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mer-cy andtruth go
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go

be-fore thy face, Let mer-cy and truth

mer-cy andtruth go


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go

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lu

al

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le

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jah,

lu - jah, al - le - lu - jah, al - le - lu - jah,



le - lu - jah, al - le - lu

jah,

jah, al - le - lu

jah, al

SOURCE: Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, MS 5001 pp. 268-270
NOTES: Originally written for the Coronation of James II (1685).
Tenor, mm. 25-26, error in text underlay in manuscript.
Alto. Tenor parts originally written in Alto and Tenor clefs, respectively.
edited by Rafael Ornes

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be - fore thy face. Al-le - lu - jah,

be-fore thy face, Let mer-cy and truth

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be-fore thy face, Let mer-cy and truth

mer-cy andtruth go
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