TAKE UP THE SONG

Composer: Alfred V. Fedak

Alfred Fedak (b. 1953), is a well-known organist, composer, and Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Hill in Albany, New York. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 with degrees in organ performance and music history. He obtained a Master’s degree in organ performance from Montclair State University, and has also studied at Westminster Choir College, Eastman School of Music, the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, and at the first Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar at Clare College, Cambridge. As a composer, he has over 200 choral and organ works in print, and has three published anthologies of his work (Selah Publishing). In 1995, he was named a Visiting Fellow in Church Music at Episcopal Seminary of… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: TAKE UP THE SONG
Composer: Alfred V. Fedak
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Incipit: 51715 56765 51715
Key: G Major
Copyright: © 1999 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Texts

I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art

Take up the song, and sing the praise of God

Take up the song, and sing the praise of God,
who gave the world its skies and lands and seas,
then formed the fish and creatures of the earth;
our God be praised for wondrous gifts like these!

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Christ Calls to Me

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #171

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #455

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #171

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #455

Voices Together #542

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