% Version 1.2 % Last edit: March 23, 2006 % The music and words produced by this source code are believed % to be in the public domain in the United States. The source % code itself is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution- % NonCommercial license, % http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ % Attribution: Geoff Horton \version "2.8.0" \include "english.ly" #(set-default-paper-size "letter") #(set-global-staff-size 20) title = "Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve" composer = "George Frederick Handel" poet = "Philip Doddridge" piece = "Christmas" meter = "86.866" arranger = "" world = { \key d \major \time 4/4 \partial 4*1 % \once \override Slur #'transparent = ##t } melody = \relative c' { \world \autoBeamOff fs8.[ g16] | a4 d cs b | a d,8.[ e16] fs4 fs8.[ g16] | a4 a a g8[ fs] | fs4( e2) cs'8[ d] | e4 a, g g | g fs8[ e] fs4 d'8[ cs] | b4 a g fs | b4( a2) e'4 | a, d fs, e | d2. \bar "|." } alto = \relative c' { \world d8. cs16 | d4 fs e8 fs g4 | d d8. cs16 d4 d | d d d8[ fs] e[ d] | d4( cs2) a'4 | a8 g fs4 e cs | d4 d d fs | g fs d d | d2. e4 | fs d8. e16 d4 cs | d2. } tenor = \relative c' { \world a4 | a a a b8 cs | d4 a a a | a fs d' b | a2. e'4 | e d8 c b4 a | a a a d, | d d'8 cs b4 a | g( fs2) b8. cs16 | d4 a8. b16 a4. g8 | fs2. } bass = \relative c { \world d8. e16 | fs4 d a' g | fs4 fs8. e16 d4 d8. e16 | fs4 d fs g | a2. a,8 b | cs4 d e a, | d d d d | d d d d | d2. g4 | fs fs8. g16 a4 a, | d2. } verseOne = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "1. " A -- wake, my soul, stretch ev -- 'ry nerve, And press with vi -- gor on; A heav'n -- ly race de -- mands thy zeal And an im -- mor -- tal crown, And an im -- mor -- tal crown. } verseTwo = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "2. " A cloud of wit -- ness -- es a -- round Hold thee in full sur -- vey; For -- get the steps al -- rea -- dy trod, And on -- ward urge thy way, And on -- ward urge thy way. } \markup { \column { \fill-line { \large \bold \title } % title \fill-line { \caps \piece % piece \caps \composer % composer } \fill-line { \meter % meter \arranger % arranger } } } \score { \context ChoirStaff << \context Staff = upper << \context Voice = sopranos { \voiceOne << \melody >> } \context Voice = altos { \voiceTwo << \alto >> } \context Lyrics = one \lyricsto sopranos \verseOne >> \context Staff = lower << \clef bass \context Voice = tenors { \voiceOne << \tenor >> } \context Voice = basses { \voiceTwo << \bass >> } >> >> \layout { \context { \Score % **** Turns off bar numbering \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } \context { \Lyrics % **** Prevents lyrics from running too close together \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0.6 % **** Makes the text of lyrics a little smaller \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 % **** Moves lines of lyrics closer together \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-1 . 1) } } } \markup { \normalsize { \fill-line { \hspace #3.0 \line { "3. " \column { "'Tis God's all-animating voice" " That calls thee from on high;" "'Tis his own hand presents the prize" " || To thine aspiring eye. || " } } \hspace #3.0 \line { "4. " \column { "Then wake, my soul, stretch ev'ry nerve" " And press with vigor on;" "A heav'nly race demands thy zeal" " || And an immortal crown. || " } } \hspace #3.0 } } } \markup { \column { \fill-line { " " \small \caps \poet } % poet } } %{ Per the _Hymnal 1940 _ Changelog: 3-23-06 Brought up to version 2.8 and current formatting %}