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Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors (Chant)

Appears in 5 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project

[Lift up your heads, O ye gates]

Appears in 24 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sir George J. Elvey, 1816-93 Hymnal Title: The Book of Common Praise Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 56171 24321 Used With Text: Lift up your heads O ye gates

[Lift up your heads, O ye gates]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. Purcell, 1660-1717 Hymnal Title: The Book of Common Praise Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 11714 71171 Used With Text: Lift up your heads O ye gates

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Lift up your heads, O ye gates

Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #A.III (1830) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship Languages: English

Lift up your heads, O ye gates

Hymnal: Book of Public Worship, for the Use of The New Church signified by the New Jerusalem in the Revelation #S119 (1838) Hymnal Title: Book of Public Worship, for the Use of The New Church signified by the New Jerusalem in the Revelation Languages: English

Lift up your heads, oh ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in

Hymnal: Chapel Treasures (Christ Chapel Sabbath-School, Lebanon, PA) #C42 (1873) Hymnal Title: Chapel Treasures (Christ Chapel Sabbath-School, Lebanon, PA) Languages: English

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George J. Elvey

1816 - 1893 Person Name: Sir George J. Elvey, 1816-93 Hymnal Title: The Book of Common Praise Composer of "[Lift up your heads, O ye gates]" in The Book of Common Praise George Job Elvey (b. Canterbury, England, 1816; d. Windlesham, Surrey, England, 1893) As a young boy, Elvey was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Living and studying with his brother Stephen, he was educated at Oxford and at the Royal Academy of Music. At age nineteen Elvey became organist and master of the boys' choir at St. George Chapel, Windsor, where he remained until his retirement in 1882. He was frequently called upon to provide music for royal ceremonies such as Princess Louise's wedding in 1871 (after which he was knighted). Elvey also composed hymn tunes, anthems, oratorios, and service music. Bert Polman

Daniel Purcell

1660 - 1717 Person Name: D. Purcell, 1660-1717 Hymnal Title: The Book of Common Praise Composer of "[Lift up your heads, O ye gates]" in The Book of Common Praise