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Hillsborough
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.
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Hillsborough by Samuel Holyoke — Lyrics
Oratio Moysi, hominis Dei. Domine, refugium factus es nobis a generatione in generationem.
Priusquam montes fierent, aut formaretur terra et orbis,
a saeculo et usque in saeculum tu es, Deus.
Ne avertas hominem in humilitatem: et dixisti: Convertimini, filii hominum.
Quoniam mille anni ante oculos tuos tamquam dies hesterna quae praeteriit: et custodia in nocte
quae pro nihilo habentur, eorum anni erunt.
Mane sicut herba transeat;
mane floreat, et transeat; vespere decidat, induret, et arescat.
Quia defecimus in ira tua, et in furore tuo turbati sumus.
Posuisti iniquitates nostras in conspectu tuo; saeculum nostrum in illuminatione vultus tui.
Quoniam omnes dies nostri defecerunt, et in ira tua defecimus.
Anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur;
dies annorum nostrorum in ipsis septuaginta anni.
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About Hillsborough
Samuel Holyoke's Hillsborough is a sacred anthem for SATB choir, setting a Latin text drawn from the Book of Psalms. The composer engages with a profound meditation on the nature of God as an eternal refuge, contrasting divine permanence with the fleeting brevity of human life. The music likely reflects the text's themes of humility, repentance, and divine justice, as the psalmist pleads for God's mercy amidst human frailty. The anthem navigates between the solemnity of prayer and the acknowledgement of human sinfulness, offering a rich text for musical interpretation.
