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It Is Well with My Soul

Religious/Christian • Lyricist: Horatio Gates Spafford
 
 
   
 

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Title by uploader: It Is Well With My Soul, for Choir
It Is Well with My Soul: For choir by Philip Paul Bliss


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PDF, 211.4 Kb ID: SM-000080546 Upload date: 25 Oct 2011
Instrumentation
Mixed choir
Scored for
Choir
Type of score
Vocal score
Key
D flat major
Language
English
Difficulty
Medium
Genre
Classical/Choral music
“It Is Well with My Soul” is a popular hymn with lyrics written by the prominent American lawyer and church elder Horatio Spafford. The music to the hymn was composed by another famous American artist – composer and Gospel singer Philip Paul Bliss. This is a deeply emotional and powerful composition, partly because it followed a big tragedy in the author’s family: in 1871, Spafford lost his 2-year-old son in the Great Chicago Fire and two years later his four daughters drowned in the transatlantic voyage on board the SS Ville du Havre after collision with another vessel. A telegram he received from his grieving wife read “Saved alone…” Although the couple had three more children, only two girls lived to an adult age. Despite the hardships, Horatio stayed strong and took the dramatic events as divine punishment. He penned the hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” that became one of the most influential Christians works and choral models out there. The work was published in 1876 in “Gospel Songs No.2”. Philip Bliss also composed music to such hymns as "Hallelujah, What a Saviour!", "Almost Persuaded", "Wonderful Words of Life" and "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning". The sheet music to these compositions is also available at MusicaNeo.
  • Comments
comments Trevor McMillan 18 Jan 2018 13:17

Wow. I'm slightly at a loss as to which more arrangement to pick here. You guys have an impressive choice of those, including some of the unknown (to me yet) but intensely curious music works. I did enjoy playing Jordan Grigg's string quartet arrangement with my band, good job here.

 
 
   
   
 
 
   
 
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