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Creation
Staff Notation • Sacred
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · Barry Johnston
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Creation by Jacob French — Lyrics
In finem. Psalmus David.
Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei, et opera manuum ejus annuntiat firmamentum.
Dies diei eructat verbum, et nox nocti indicat scientiam.
Non sunt loquelae, neque sermones, quorum non audiantur voces eorum.
In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terrae verba eorum.
In sole posuit tabernaculum suum; et ipse tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo.
Exsultavit ut gigas ad currendam viam;
a summo caelo egressio ejus. Et occursus ejus usque ad summum ejus;
nec est qui se abscondat a calore ejus.
Lex Domini immaculata, convertens animas; testimonium Domini fidele,
sapientiam praestans parvulis.
Justitiae Domini rectae, laetificantes corda; praeceptum Domini lucidum,
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About Creation
Jacob French’s setting of Creation opens with a vibrant textural interplay between the SATB voices. The music moves with a compelling energy, reflecting the grandeur of the text drawn from Psalm 18. It begins in Latin with the words "Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei" (The heavens declare the glory of God), which are then followed by an English translation. The composer captures the majestic scope of the psalm, describing how the heavens and the firmament proclaim God’s handiwork. The text moves from the universal declaration of God's glory to the more personal and spiritual aspects of God’s law, which converts the soul and rejoices the heart.
