THE Queen will this afternoon bid a final farewell to her beloved husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
The order of service for Britain’s longest-serving royal consort at Windsor Castle for Saturday, April 17, includes ‘The Jubilate’.
The Jubilate is the same text as Psalm 100, “O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands” – so called from its opening word in the Latin version.
It will feature during today’s funeral service for Prince Philip, who died on April 9, 2021, aged 99.
The Jubilate Deo is one of the canticles sung in each service of Morning Prayer.
A canticle (from canticulum, Latin for “song”) is a hymn or song of praise with a text taken from the Bible or from holy texts other than the psalms.
THE JUBILATE
serve the Lord with gladness,
and come before his presence with a song.
2. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
3. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name.
4. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting:
and his truth endureth from generation to generation.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be:
world without end. Amen.
English composer Benjamin Britten wrote Jubilate Deo in C in 1961.
Emmanuel Music explains: “Britten’s 1961 Jubilate Deo, a setting of Psalm 100, was composed for St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
“It is a spirited, joyous work. The organ music is filled with runs and detached, staccato notes, almost like birdsong.
“The choral parts are presented antiphonally, with sopranos and tenors answered by the altos and basses.
“The lines are almost unison, but the upper voice in each pairing has a slightly more ornamented line.
“A middle section is more hushed and introspective, but the joyful music quickly returns and the piece ends with a brilliant ‘Amen’.”
