Composer: Horatio W. ParkerLibrettist: Holy Bible - Psalm CVIIYear of Composition: 1900Premiere Performance: Three Choirs Festival (Hereford) - October 23, 1900Duration: 52 minutes (approx.)Voices: S,A,T,B Soli, SATB ChorusInstrumentation: picc.3.2.eh.2.bcl.2 - 4.3.3.tba - hp.- org.- timp. cym. bdr. - stringsAutograph Manuscript: Royal College of Music Library - MS 5152bView Autograph ManuscriptVocal Score: Novello's Original Octavo Edition no 8307, Novello, Ewer & Co. [1900]Date Added to EHMS: August 19, 2025

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Full Score 30.1/01Download Full Score [A3]
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All Parts30.1/03Download All Parts [119 MB][C4]
 
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1. I - "O give thanks unto the Lord" [Chorus & Quartet]Download/Play Audio
2. II - "They that sit in darkness" [Alto Solo]Download/Play Audio
3. III - "For He hath broken the gates of brass" [Chorus]Download/Play Audio
4. IV - "They that go down to the sea in ships" [Bass Solo & Chorus]Download/Play Audio
5. V - "He turneth the floods into a wilderness" [Soprano Solo]Download/Play Audio
6. VI - "The righteous will consider this" [Chorus a cappella]Download/Play Audio
7. VII - "O give thanks unto the Lord" [Chorus & Quartet]Download/Play Audio