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15. MATINWords translated from the

First Responsory ofAdvent Sundayin the Office of Matins

(early medieval Roman rite)

RESPONSORYAdapted from a Magnificat

bY PALESTRINA(as sung at the Advent Carol Servicesin King's College Chapel, Cambridge)

CANTOR

Go ye out

BARITONE SOLO

and lo, I see the power of God )coming, and a cloud covering I

the whole earth.-

to meet him and-CHOIR

Tell us, an thou he that shouldcome to reign over thy peo - ple

Tell us, art thou he that shouldcome to reign over thy

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Tell us, an thou he that should I o.o_ol.come to reign over thy | "-"

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FIRST BOY

High

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Go ye out to

Go ye out to

ye out to

him and

him

Go ye out to

him

SECOND BOY

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Hear, O thou Shepherd of | -Israei, thou that leadest I

Jo - sepn fte a sheep, -

Tell us, art thou

art thou

should

should

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come?

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Stirupthystrength, O Lord, and

to reign over thy peo

to reign over thy peo - ple

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to reign over thy peo - ple Is-ra(f)

to reign over thy peo

CANTOR

Is

el. --_

- el.

el.-

Glory be to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, the Ho - ly

look

-look-

from a -

Iook

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from- a

and lo, I see the power ofGod coming, and a cloud

and lo, I see the power ofGod coming, and a cloud co-vting the

co-v'ring

and lo, I see the power ofGod coming, and a cloud

v'ring the whole

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v'ring the whole-

earth.-

and lo, I see the power of )

God coming, and a cloud I

earth.

-FULL MEN

Tell us, art thou he that shouldto reign over thy

Tell us, an thou he that shouldto reign over thy

peo ple

Tell us, art thou he that should )

come to reign over thy I Peo-Ple

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Tell us, art thou he that should )come to reign over thy I neo ple el?-