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Text: Luke: 1:46-55
Language: English
Use: Advent
Ensemble: SATB or SSAA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Genre: Sacred
Duration: 3.0 minutes
Page Count: 6
Catalog Number: NWC-130 SATB; NWC-131 SSAA
Sample Score SATB
Sample Score SSAA
Available from J. W. Pepper.
Note:
Magnificat for SATB or SSAA a cappella choir, in English. Set in a repeating style reminiscent of traditional Anglican chant, developing from a simple beginning with varied textures and voicings. Suitable as an anthem or as a short concert piece.
Text:
My Soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit rejoiced in God my Savior.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden,
for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
And His mercy is on them that fear Him from generation to generation.
He hath shewed strength with His arm;
He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats,
and exalted them of low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich He sent empty away.
He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy.
As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed fore're.