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O God Our Help In Ages Past - Concert Band Score and Parts PDF
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past is a hymn by Isaac Watts and paraphrases the 90th Psalm of the Book of Psalms. It originally consisted of nine stanzas. In present usage, however, the hymn is usually limited to stanzas one, two, three, five, seven and nine (6 Verses) (Methodist books also include the original sixth stanza). In 1738, John Wesley in his hymnal, Psalms and Hymns, changed the first line of the text from "Our God" to "O God." Both Watts' wording and Wesley's rewording remain in current use. [Wikipedia]
“O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.”
This arrangement is for concert band and includes parts for Eb and F Horns, Eb, Bb, and C Tubas and a chorded piano part (not on the score).
The tune (ST. ANNE) was written by William Croft (1678-1727).
Often used on ANZAC Day.
There are descant parts for Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet and Trumpet. Optional String parts are now included as a separate PDF when you purchase this arrangement.
The MP3 was recorded with NotePerformer.
Grade = 2.5 Duration = 1 min (2 verses)