Easter Hymn - SATB [5'00"]

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Easter Hymn is an SATB choral piece celebrating Easter. As commonly found in hymnals today, it comprises twelve stanzas of the form: It was written by Jean Tisserand, O.F.M. (d. 1494), a preacher, and originally comprised but nine stanzas. he hymn was assigned in the various French Paroissiens to the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, on Easter Sunday. There are several translations into English verses by non-Catholics. The Catholic translations comprise one by an anonymous author in the "Evening Office", 1748 ("Young men and maids, rejoice and sing"), Father Caswall's "Ye sons and daughters of the Lord" and Charles Kent's "O maids and striplings, hear love's story", all three being given in Shipley, "Annus Sanctus". The Latin texts vary both in the arrangement and the wording of the stanzas; the plain-song and modernized settings also vary not a little.

This is a truncated version that captures the Spirit and jubilance of the Resurrection.