Lift up your heads, o ye gates

Messiah 2.33 Georg Friedrich Händel

(1685-1759)

  
 
              
A tempo ordinario.  = 88

 
  


  
Sopran I

  
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye


           
       


 
Soprano II

  
 
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye

              
    


  
Alto

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye

8          
         
S.I
       

       
e ver last ing doors, and the King of glo ry shall come in!

           
   
S.II
     

   
    
e ver last ing doors, and the King of glo ry shall come in!

A.
              
 
  

 
e ver last ing doors, and the King of glo ry shall come in!

    



T.


Who

      
 


B.

Who

11     
                         
A

       
      
T.

    
    

      
      
is this King of glo ry? this King of glo ry? who is this King of glo ry? who

        
B.
         
 
is this King of glo ry? this King of glo ry? who is this King of glo ry? who

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        
    



S.I


The Lord strong and migh ty, the

   
       


S.II
    

     
The Lord strong and migh ty, the

           

A.

  
       
The Lord strong and migh ty, the

T.
    
        
is this King of glo ry?

B.
       
is this King of glo ry?

17              

B

S.I          

               
Lord strong and migh ty, the Lord migh ty in batt le.


       
S.II

         
        
Lord strong and migh ty, the Lord migh ty in batt le.

         


 
A.


Lord strong and migh ty, the Lord migh ty in batt le. Lift up your heads,

     
  



T.

Lift up your heads,

       
 


 
B.

Lift up your heads,

20      
               
 


A.
  

        
            
O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye e ver last ing doors; and the

         
T.

           
       
O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye e ver last ing doors; and the

          
B.

O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye e ver last ing doors; and the

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      
23


S.I


      
Who

   
S.II

       
                    
Who

A.

      
                
King of glo ry shall come in, and the King of glo ry shall come in! Who

T.
       

          
          
King of glo ry shall come in, and the King of glo ry shall come in!

   
B.
     
27                    
         
King of glo ry shall come in, and the King of glo ry shall come in!

S.I
               
            
              
is this King of glo ry? who is this King of glo ry? who is this King of glo ry?

          
     
S.II

              
                         
is this King of glo ry? who is this King of glo ry? who is this King of glo ry?

     
A.

  
    
is this King of glo ry? who is this King of glo ry? who is this King of glo ry? The

T.

      
 
The

B.

              
C The

      
      
30 

 
S.I

            
the Lord of hosts; He is the King of glo ry, he

      
       


 
S.II

        
the Lord of hosts; He is the King of glo ry, he

                        

A.

  
Lord of hosts, the Lord of hosts; He is the King of glo ry, he


                         


T.
    

        
Lord of hosts, the Lord of hosts; He is the King of glo ry, he

            
          

B.

Lord of hosts, the Lord of hosts; He is the King of glo ry, he

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     
    

 
  
S.I

        
      
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of

S.II
         
           
          
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of

A.        
    
                 
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he

       

T.

                 
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he

B.
            
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry,

37          
             
S.I
      
               
   
glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he is the King of

S.II
          
            
         
glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he is the King of

A.      

        
        
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry,

T.
           
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry,

39   
               
  
S.I

  
               
glo ry, he is the King of glo

  
S.II

       
            
glo ry, he is the King of glo

A.
   
         
   
the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo

     
 
T.

         
              
the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo ry,

B.
       
the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo

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     
D

     
42

  
S.I

             
     
ry, the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo

     
  
S.II

        
                
ry, the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo

A.  
   
              
ry, the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo

T.         

    

 
the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo

B.

ry,

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S.I         

         
  
ry,

S.II

       
           
ry,

A.
    

           
    
ry, of glo ry, the Lord of hosts, he is the King

   
T.

       
 
ry, the Lord of hosts, he

B.
     
the Lord of hosts, he

48          
                    

S.I

      
                       
the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo


S.II

 
       
      
the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glo

A.      
     
               
of glo ry, of glo

     
T.

         
          
   
is the King of glo ry, of glo ry, of glo

B.
       
is the King of glo ry, of glo

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             
E

S.I
             
        
            
ry, he is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry,

S.II
             
             
          
ry, he is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry,

A.
         
    
                       
ry, he is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry,

      

T.

                       
ry, he is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry,

B.
             
ry, he is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry,

55       
        
S.I   
      
        
the Lord of hosts, the Lord of hosts,

S.II   
     
        
the Lord of hosts, the Lord of hosts,

A.   
     
      
the Lord of hosts, the Lord of

T.
    
     
        
 
the Lord of hosts, the Lord of

  
B.

the Lord of hosts, the Lord of

57   
           
     
S.I

     
       
the Lord of hosts, the Lord of hosts, he

   
  
S.II

     
          
the Lord of hosts, the Lord of hosts, he

A.
 

             
hosts, the Lord of hosts, the Lord of

     
T.

        
   
hosts, the Lord of hosts, the Lord of

B.
       
hosts, the Lord of hosts, the Lord of

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
          
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
S.I

                  
           
is the King of glo ry, he


S.II

   
                   
is the King of glo ry, he

A.

                     
 
hosts, he is the King of glo ry, of glo ry, he

  
 
T.


          
        
hosts, he is the King of glo ry, of glo ry, he

      
B.
    
hosts, he is the King of glo ry, he

63
                    
F

             
cresc.
S.I

 
          
      
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, the Lord of

  
       
  
cresc.
S.II

               

                 
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, the Lord of

 
cresc.
A.

      
                    
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, the Lord of hosts,

        
cresc.
T.

  
            
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, the Lord of

            
      
cresc.

B.

66    
is the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, the Lord of

   
S.I           

      
        
hosts, the Lord of hosts, the Lord of

S.II   
   
    
hosts, the Lord of hosts the Lord of

A.       

      
        
the Lord of hosts, he

  
  
T.


   
hosts, the Lord of hosts, the Lord of hosts, he

       
B.
       
hosts, the Lord of hosts, the Lord of

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            
  


 
S.I

     
hosts, he is the King of glo

           
 
  


 
S.II

     
hosts, he is the King of glo

A. 
                  

      
is the King, the King of glo

       
  
 


   
T.

      
is the King of glo ry, the King of glo

          
 
       


B.

71    
hosts, he is the King of glo

                  
S.I
     
   
                
ry, the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he

   
   
S.II

         
        
ry, the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he

A.            
  
               
ry, the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he

T.
        

                  
ry, the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he

     
B.
    
  
    
ry, the King of glo ry, he is the King of glo ry, he

        
 
74


S.I

 
            
is the King of glo ry, of glo ry.

   
S.II

     
          
is the King of glo ry, of glo ry.

A. 
      
     
is the King of glo ry, of glo ry.

T.
    
            
is the King of glo ry, of glo ry.

B.
      
is the King of glo ry, of glo ry.

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