Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Come thou Long Expected Jesus

This week on the First Advent of the Christmas season, the St. Matthew's Choir performed Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by Henry G. Ley.
A quick note on Doctor Ley:

He lived from 1887-1962, and was a chorister in the St. George Chapel and Windsor Castle. He then became an organist at various churches, including St. Mary's and Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. Henry Ley wrote many choir pieces, and one of them is apparently famous; a setting of the founders prayer of King Henry VI.

 Come Thou Long Expected Jesus was published in 1957 and was written for the Advent season. It's a standard glorious piece, ending with loud Amen!

It can be found in the Oxford Easy Anthem Book, published in 1962. The piece itself was written in 1937, but then re-released for this collection.

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