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| Author: | Jennette Threlfall |
| Tune: | ELLACOMBE |
| Media: | MIDI file |
378. Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
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1 Hosanna, loud hosanna
the little children sang;
through pillared court and temple
the lovely anthem rang.
To Jesus, who had blessed them,
close folded to his breast,
the children sang their praises,
the simplest and the best.
2 From Olivet they followed
mid an exultant crowd,
the victory palm branch waving,
and chanting clear and loud.
The Lord of earth and heaven
rode on in lowly state,
nor scorned that little children
should on his bidding wait.
3 "Hosanna in the highest!"
That ancient song we sing,
for Christ is our Redeemer,
the Lord of heaven, our King.
O may we ever praise him
with heart and life and voice,
and in his blissful presence
eternally rejoice.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Hosanna, loud hosanna |
| Title: | Hosanna, Loud Hosanna |
| Author: | Jennette Threlfall (1873) |
| Meter: | 76 76 D |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1987 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
| Topic: | Cross of Christ; Family; King, God/Christ as (4 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | ELLACOMBE |
| Meter: | 76 76 D |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
| Source: | Gesangbuch, Wittenberg, 1784 |
Text Information:
Scripture References:
st. 1-3 = Matt. 21:1-17, Mark 11:1-10, Luke 19:28-38, John 12:12-13
Like "All Glory, Laud, and Honor" (375/376), this text is based on Christ's triumphal entry on Palm Sunday. However, "Hosanna, Loud Hosanna" focuses more on the children's role in that event. The text was written by Jeannette Threlfall (b. Blackburn, Lancashire, England, 1821; d. Westminster, London, 1880) in an "idle moment" (as she says she wrote all of her hymns, all others of which have been forgotten). Undoubtedly, Threlfall had Mark 11 in mind when she wrote this text, but she also alludes to Jesus' welcoming of the children in Mark 10:13-16. Stanzas 1 and 2 tell how the children shared in the songs during Christ's procession into Jerusalem. Stanza 3 is our cue to participate in praising our Redeemer.
Threlfall's life was extremely difficult: she was orphaned at an early age, and two serious accidents caused her to be an invalid for life. But she bore her misfortune with grace and fortitude and maintained a ministry to many people who came in contact with her. Threlfall wrote devotional verse, which was published anonymously in various periodicals and later collected in Woodsorrel, or Leaves from a Retired Home (1856) and Sunshine and Shadow (1873), which included "Hosanna, Loud Hosanna."
Liturgical Use:
Palm Sunday, in conjunction with the Palm Sunday gospel reading or the children's message.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
Tune Information:
Published in a chapel hymnal for the Duke of Würtemberg (Gesangbuch der Herzogl, 1784), ELLACOMBE (the name of a village in Devonshire, England) was first set to the words "Ave Maria, klarer und lichter Morgenstern." During the first half of the nineteenth century various German hymnals altered the tune. Since ELLACOMBE's inclusion in the 1868 Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern, where it was set to John Daniell's children's hymn "Come, Sing with Holy Gladness," its use throughout the English-speaking world has spread.
ELLACOMBE is a rounded bar form (AABA), rather cheerful in character, and easily sung in harmony. Try having a soloist sing the story in stanzas 1 and 2, with the children (or entire congregation) joining in on stanza 3.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
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| Audio recording: |  Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |
| MIDI file: |  MIDI |
| MIDI file: | MIDI Preview (Faith Alive Christian Resources) |
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