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Let us awake our joys
Author: Unknown Appears in 89 hymnals Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN
Let us awake our joys
ITALIAN HYMN
Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,350 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Felice de Giardini Tune Sources: The Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes Sung at the Chapel of the Lock Hospital, 1769 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 53121 71123 45432 Used With Text: Let Us Awake Our Joys
ITALIAN HYMN
Let Us Awake Our Joys
Author: William Kingsbury Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10965 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Lyrics: 1 Let us awake our joys,
Strike up with cheerful voice—
Each creature sing;
Angels—begin the song,
Mortals—the strains prolong,
In accents sweet and strong—
"Jesus is King."
2 Proclaim abroad His name,
Tell of His matchless fame—
What wonders done;
Shout through hell’s dark profound;
Let the whole earth resound,
Till the high heavens resound—
"The victory’s won."
3 He vanquished sin and hell,
And the last foe will quell;
Mourners rejoice!
His dying love adore;
Praise Him now raised in power,
And triumph ever more,
With a glad voice.
4 All hail the glorious day
When thro’ the heavenly way,
Lo, He shall come!
While they who pierced Him wail,
His promise shall not fail;
Saints, see your king prevail:
Come, dear Lord, come! Languages: English Tune Title: ITALIAN HYMN
Let Us Awake Our Joys
Let us awake our joys
Author: William Kingsbury Hymnal: The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CLII (1823)
Let us awake our joys
Anonymous
Person Name: Unknown Author of "Let us awake our joys" in The Brethren Hymnody In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
Felice Giardini
1716 - 1796 Person Name: Felice de Giardini Composer of "ITALIAN HYMN" in The Cyber Hymnal Felice Giardini, born in Italy. When young, he studied singing, harpsichord, and violin. He became a composer and violin virtuoso. By age 12 he was playing in theatre orchestras. His most instructive lesson: While playing a solo passage during an opera, he decided to show off his skills by improvising several bravura variations that the composer, Jommelli, had not written . Although the audience applauded loudly, Jomelli, who happened to be there, went up and slapped Giardini in the face. He learned a lesson from that. He toured Europe as a violinist, considered one of the greatest musical artists of his time. He served as orchestra leader and director of the Italian Opera in London, giving concerts. He tried to run a theatre in Naples, but encountered adversity. He went to Russia, but had little fortune there, where he died.
John Perry
Felice Giardini
William Kingsbury
1744 - 1818 Author (attributed to) of "Let Us Awake Our Joys" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: July 12, 1744, Bishopsgate Street, London, England.
Christened: August 12, 1744, Poultry Chapel, Camomile Street Independent Church, London, England.
Died: February 18, 1818, Caversham, Southampton, England.
Kingsbury, William, was born in 1744, educated at an Independent academy in London, and became Pastor of the ancient Congregational Church, Above Bar, in Southampton, where he died in 1818, after an honourable and useful ministry of fifty-four years. He was the author of several published sermons and pamphlets, including:—(1) A Sermon on the King's recovery, 1780; (2) The Manner in which Protestant Dissenters perform Public Worship represented and vindicated, 1796; (3) An Apology for Village Preachers, 1799; (4) A Funeral Sermon on the Death of the Rev. Mr. Towle, 1807, &c.
Kingsbury was one of the ministers under whose patronage Dobell published his New Selection, 1806, and to that book contributed two hymns.-—"Great Lord of all thy churches, hear!" No. 213 (Divine Worship), and "Let us awake our joys," No. 100 (Jesus the King). Both these hymns are in common use, the second being specially popular in America. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
William Kingsbury
