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Glory to God in the highest!
Staff Notation • Sacred, Anthems
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · Andrew Sims
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Glory to God in the highest! by Franz Schubert — Lyrics
Glory, glory to God in the highest!
Angels in chorus joyfully cry;
Glory, glory to God in the highest!
Trembling and weak our voices reply.
Fain would we echo their anthem above,
fain would we sing to the fountain of love,
Glory to God in the highest!
What though but feebly our accents arise,
deigning to hearken, he bends from the skies.
Glory to God in the highest!
Glory, glory to God in the highest!
Brightbeaming stars of midnight proclaim;
Glory, glory to God in the highest!
All nature peals forth in praise to his Name.
Warbles the woodland, and whispers the breeze,
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About Glory to God in the highest!
This setting of the Gloria text for SATB choir opens with the exultant cry of "Glory to God in the highest!" the voices proclaiming the angelic announcement with full-throated power. The music then softens as the choir contemplates the humbling inadequacy of human voices in comparison to the heavenly host, before rising again to affirm God's glory. Schubert builds to a final, emphatic statement of the central theme, capturing the joyous, awe-filled spirit of the original text in this anthemic sacred work.
