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BEP(F.761.014
9 Mar 1761:13 (1332)
Anthem Composed for the Funeral of his late Majesty, Nov.
11. 1760, by Dr. William Boyce, Master of his Majesty's Band
of Musicians.
The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and
there shall no torment touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they seem to die, but they are
in peace.
For tho' they be punished in the sight of men, yet is
their hope full of immortality,
The hope of the ungodly is like the smoke driven with the
wind, and passeth away like a shadow.
. . . [7 more lines]
There were upwards of 200 performers, vocal and
instrumental, in the above anthem, composed and conducted by
Dr. Boyce.
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