Ere Zij God!

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Ere Zij God! (Glory to God!) - arr. Paul Halley
Publication Details

Catalogue Number - PEL2085

Voicing/Instrumentation -
SATB Choir and Organ
Optional brass sextet & timpani

Level of Difficulty - Easy

Uses/Season - Christmas Concert, Carol/Anthem

Duration - 6:00 mins

Pages Music - 8 pages
16 page booklet

Format - SATB/organ choral octavo
(Piano reduction)

Copyright Year - 2014

SATB perusal - pages 1-3 of 8

Description/Remarks

Set in a new arrangement by Paul Halley for the 35th Annual CBC Christmas Sing-In in Montreal, December 2014, this is a Christmas carol popular among American and Canadian Reformed churches with Dutch ancestral roots. It is translated from the Dutch "Ere Zij God!" and is one of the most beloved carols sung in Protestant churches in the Netherlands. The lyrics are inspired by the song of the angels when the birth of Christ was announced to the shepherds, Luke 2:14. First appearing in Dutch songbooks in 1857, the music is atrributed to F. A. Schultz, possibly 1731, Konigsberg, and is broad in style, in A-B-A form, with an extended, flowing, double-Amen ending. Halley's arrangement opens with a brass fanfare that lifts the carol to majestic heights as the choir enters on a modulation and the voicing swirls in glory and tenderness befitting the text and the joy of Christmas. Simply gorgeous.

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Commissioned by Jake and Jocelyne Knoppers in honor of the 35th Annual CBC Christmas SIng-In held at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, December 7, 2014.

Sound Clip
Recorded by
Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir
directed by Nick Halley.
"Love Came Down"
Carols for Christmas

Youtube video on our channel:
Paul Halley and Pelagosmusic

Youtube - Time 6:06
"Ere Zij God"
Words: Luke 2:14 para. F. A. Schultz
Music: Trad. arr. P. Halley

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Text
Ere Zij God! (Glory To God!)
Words: Luke 2:14 para. F. A. Schultz

In Dutch :
Ere zij God! Ere zij God
In den hoge, in den hoge, in den hoge!
Vrede op aarde, vrede op aarde
In de mensen een welbehagen

Ere zij God in den hoge!
Ere zij God in den hoge!
Vrede op aarde, vrede op aarde
In de mensen een welbehagen
In de mensen, een welbehagen, een welbehagen

Ere zij God! Ere zij God
In den hoge, in den hoge, in den hoge!
Vrede op aarde, vrede op aarde
In de mensen een welbehagen

In English:
Glory to God! Glory to God
In the highest, in the highest, in the highest!
Peace be on Earth, peace be on Earth
To the people whom God delights in.

Glory to God in the highest!
Glory to God in the highest!
Peace be on Earth, peace be on Earth,
To the people whom God delights in,
To the people whom God delights in, whom God delights in.

Glory to God! Glory to God!
In the highest, in the highest, in the highest!
Peace be on Earth, peace be on Earth
To the people whom God delights in.

Amen. Amen.