GENEVAN 89

GENEVAN 89

Composer: Claude Goudimel
Published in 16 hymnals


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Composer: Claude Goudimel

The music of Claude Goudimel (b. Besançon, France, c. 1505; d. Lyons, France, 1572) was first published in Paris, and by 1551 he was composing harmonizations for some Genevan psalm tunes-initially for use by both Roman Catholics and Protestants. He became a Calvinist in 1557 while living in the Huguenot community in Metz. When the complete Genevan Psalter with its unison melodies was published in 1562, Goudimel began to compose various polyphonic settings of all the Genevan tunes. He actually composed three complete harmonizations of the Genevan Psalter, usually with the tune in the tenor part: simple hymn-style settings (1564), slightly more complicated harmonizations (1565), and quite elaborate, motet-like settings (1565-1566). The vario… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: GENEVAN 89
Composer: Claude Goudimel
Meter: 12.12.13.13.13.13
Incipit: 16512 33543 21165
Key: G Major
Source: Genevan Psalter, 1562
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

One of the best-known tunes from the Genevan Psalter, GENEVAN 89 was first published in the 1562 edition. Jacobus J.K. Kloppers (PHH 87) harmonized the tune for the Psalter Hymnal in 1985. The first line is repeated in the second, and all the lines have a similar rhythmic pattern, including the last line, which was changed from the original (the third and fourth notes were originally half notes). Much of the psalm should be sung jubilantly, but sing stanzas 6 and 7 in a subdued manner. Antiphony can be useful in singing the complete psalm.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #13925
Text: Cantique De Zacharie
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #14067
Text: Partout Avec Jésus!
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #89
Text: Forever I Will Sing of Your Great Love, O LORD
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)
  • Full Score (PDF, XML)
Small Church Music #7238
Text: Az Úrnak irgalmát (The Lord's mercy)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
Page Scan

El Himnario #485

TextPage Scan

El Himnario Presbiteriano #485

Les Chants du Pèlerin #109

Psalms for All Seasons #89D

Text InfoTune InfoScoreAudio

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #89

Audio

Small Church Music #7238

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #13925

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #14067

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #89A

Include 7 pre-1979 instances
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