Text: | All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name |
Author (st. 1-3): | Edward Perronet |
Author (st. 4): | John Rippon |
Tune: | CORONATION |
Composer: | Oliver Holden |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all!
2 O seed of Israel's chosen race
now ransomed from the fall,
hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him Lord of all.
Hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him Lord of all!
3 Let every tongue and every tribe
responsive to his call,
to him all majesty ascribe,
and crown him Lord of all.
To him all majesty ascribe,
and crown him Lord of all!
4 Oh, that with all the sacred throng
we at his feet may fall!
We'll join the everlasting song
and crown him Lord of all.
We'll join the everlasting song
and crown him Lord of all!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | All hail the power of Jesus' name |
Title: | All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name |
Author (st. 1-3): | Edward Perronet (1780) |
Author (st. 4): | John Rippon (1787) |
Meter: | 86 86 86 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1987 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Ascension & Reign of Christ; Election; King, God/Christ as(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CORONATION |
Composer: | Oliver Holden (1793) |
Meter: | 86 86 86 |
Key: | G Major |
See PHH 470 for discussion of the text.
Liturgical Use:
See PHH 470.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
Like MILES LANE (470), CORONATION was written for this text. Oliver Holden (b. Shirley, MA, 1765; d. Charlestown, MA, 1844) composed the tune in four parts with a duet in the third phrase. The tune, whose title comes from the theme of Perronet's text, was published in Holden's Union Harmony (1793). It is the one eighteenth-century American tune that has enjoyed uninterrupted popularity–from the singing schools of that era to today's congregational worship.
CORONATION is a vigorous marching tune with many repeated tones that delighted Holden's contemporaries. The tune requires the jubilant repetition of the last couplet of text for each stanza. Sing in parts and accompany with a firm sense of rhythm.
Holden was reared in a small rural community and had only a minimal formal education–a few months in a "common school" in Groton, Massachusetts. He worked as a carpenter and was involved in community service in Charlestown, holding posts in the Anti-Slavery Society and serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In addition he worked very profitably as a merchant and real estate dealer, and served as a Puritan lay preacher. Very interested in music, Holden became a composer and singing-school teacher in the tradition of William Billings. He was involved in publish¬ing various tune books, including The American Harmony (1792), The Massachusetts Compiler (1795), Plain Psalmody (1800), and The Charlestown Collection of Sacred Songs (1803).
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
Media | |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |
MIDI file: | MIDI |
MIDI file: | MIDI Preview (Faith Alive Christian Resources) |