Walton Coronation Te Deum

2 

William 

Walton 

Coronation Te Deum 

Edited by Timothy Brown 

vocal score

William 

Walton 


for online perusal only 

Edited by Timothy Brown 

vocal score 

Composed for the coronation of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II 

in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday, 2 June 1953 

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PREFACE 

Since Edward VII’s coronation in 1902, it had become the custom to include a 

setting of the Te Deum in all subsequent ceremonies. In 1952 there was initially 

some doubt as to which composer would be invited to compose the Te Deum 

for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the following June. Sir William McKie, 

organist of Westminster Abbey and the coronation’s director of music, discussed 

the project with Sir William Walton, but he also approached Ralph Vaughan 

Williams. In the event, Vaughan Williams (who had written the Te Deum for 

George VI’s coronation in 1937) declined the invitation and Walton duly received 

the commission. 

The Te Deum was to come at the point of the ceremony when the Queen, 

newly crowned, prepared to process out of the abbey to greet her subjects. As the 

order of service put it: ‘In the mean time, the Queen, supported as before, the four 

swords being carried before her, shall descend from her Throne [and] shall proceed 

in state through the choir and the nave to the west door of the Church, wearing 

her Crown and bearing in her right hand the Sceptre and in her left hand the Orb.’ 

Walton worked closely with McKie. He initially suggested a work of 6 to 8 

minutes in length, with the possibility of concluding the text at ‘And we worship 

thy name’ and adding perhaps an ‘Amen’. He added: ‘It has struck me that I 

might want to use the Queen’s Trumpeters for an added effect, but it may not be 

practicable. But just in case could you let me know their number & your views 

about it[?] It might be overstepping the mark!’ McKie replied with customary 

precision that the length should be ‘no longer than necessary, but it must be long 

enough for you to have freedom to make the work the grand climax of the whole 

service’. He reminded Walton that the text, if shortened, must conform to liturgical 

practice, and that it should contain no ‘“Amen”, or addition of any kind’. He 

requested an organ part, and added that ‘it would help if the chorus parts have no 

undue rhythmic complications; partly because these are not heard in the Abbey— 

the sound needs plenty of time to unroll, and the clearer the choral texture, the 

better it carries; partly because most of the choir are church singers, and can do 

better in a style more nearly what they are accustomed to.’ 

Walton’s own programme note reveals the care that he took with his composition: 


A setting of the Te Deum should reflect the jubilant praise of the words [. . .]. 

The [Coronation] Te Deum is naturally a more extended work, although I think I 

am right in saying that it is actually shorter than most other modern Te Deums. It 

is cast for double choir, full orchestra, and organ. The first problem in setting these 

magnificent words is naturally one of form—how to equate a satisfactory musical 

shape with the structure of the prayer. [. . .] I have tried to solve the problem by 

casting my work in three main sections: there is a long opening section, a quite 

separate middle section, and an abridged recapitulation in which fresh words are set 

to music that has already been heard. The idea is that praise and prayer should, by 

being set to the same music, both be made to seem joyful acts of worship. I can see 

no reason why a prayer that comes from a Christian heart need not be as confident as

the voice of praise. Thus the music that you hear at the beginning to the words ‘We 

praise thee, O God, we acknowledge thee to be the Lord’ opens the recapitulation 

accompanying ‘O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage’, and one or two 

other similar passages will be noticed. 

Nevertheless the work has a quiet ending, partly because its place in the 

coronation service made this advisable, and just as much because it seemed to me 

effective to repeat the marcatissimo shout of ‘let me never be confounded’, more 

simply and peacefully. Faith can be expressed with vigour, but it is essentially a 

peace at heart. 

Walton completed the score promptly. By the middle of November 1952 he 

had nearly completed the Te Deum. On a postcard to Alan Frank (his editor at 

OUP) he wrote: ‘The “De Te” [sic] will appear shortly as now about half way in 

the scoring. Rather good in spite of being liable to break forth into BF [Belshazzar’s 

Feast] every now and then.’ To Christopher Hassall (librettist of Troilus and Cressida) 

he wrote: ‘I’ve got cracking on the Te Deum. You will like it, I think, and I hope 

he [McKie?] will too. Lots of counter-tenors and little boys Holy-holying, not 

to mention all the Queen’s Trumpeters and sidedrum[mers].’ In mid-December 

Walton wrote to McKie: ‘Though I hesitate to hazard an opinion when I am so 

near to a work [. . .] I think it is going to be rather splendid. I have made use of the 

extra brass, but have arranged it so that it can be dispensed with, if impractical for 

any reason. There is quite an important & indispensable organ part!’ 

Walton was much gratified by the response that greeted the exuberant first 

performance of the Coronation Te Deum on 2 June 1953. The music, described 

by the music critic Frank Howes as ‘shatteringly apt’, caught the required mood 

perfectly and the work met with universal acclaim. More than sixty years later, the 

Te Deum remains fresh and vivid, a highly effective and tightly structured work. It 

is an undoubted benchmark for anyone faced with the prospect of composing for a 

similar royal occasion: its blend of solemnity and theatrical splendour strikes a note 

that is, in its way, unsurpassable. 


TIMOTHY BROWN 

The present vocal score is based on the full score published in the William Walton Edition, 

volume 5, Choral Works with Orchestra (2009), edited by Timothy Brown. 

iv

INSTRUMENTATION 

Full orchestra and organ. The triple woodwind may be reduced to double woodwind if 

necessary. Additional parts for 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, and side drums are optional. Full 

score and orchestral parts on hire. 

Duration: c.9 minutes 

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WILLIAM WALTON 

Allegro vigoroso q = c.168–176 

3 

4 

Orch. 

Org. 

Accompt 

3 

4 

f cresc. 


ff 

ff 

6 

ff 

Sopranos S. 

ff 

We praise thee, praise thee, praise 


Altos A. 

ff 


Tenors T. 

ff 

Basses B. 

ff 



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12 

3 

S. 

thee, O God: 

thee, O God: 

A. 

thee, O God: 

T. 

thee, O God: 


B. 

thee, O God: 

Orch. 

f 

16 

S. 

We ac know ledge thee, thee to 


A. 


T. 


B. 

Org. 


ff

4 

21 

S. 

be the Lord. 

be the Lord. 

A. 

be the Lord. 

T. 

B. 

be the Lord. 

be the Lord. 

Orch. 

Org. 


f 

ff 

25 

1 

ff 

S. 

ff 

All the earth doth wor ship thee: 

A. 

ff 


ff 


T. 


ff 

B. 

ff 


1 


Orch. 

f

5 

30 

S. 

the Fa ther ev er 

A. 


T. 


B. 



Org. and Orch. 

ff 

36 

S. 

last 

ing. 

A. 

T. 

last 

last 

ing. 

ing. 

B. 

last 

ing. 

Orch. 

ff

6 

41 

2 

f 

S. 

To thee all An gels 

f 

A. 


f 

T. 


f 


B. 

2 


Org. Orch. Org. 

ff 

f 

46 

S. 

cry a loud: the Heavens, and 

A. 

T. 



B. 


Orch. 

Org. 

ff

7 

51 

S. 

A. 

T. 

all the Powers there in. 



B. 


Orch. 

Org. 

Org. 

f 

ff 

S. 

55 

CHORUS I 

3 

6 

4 


più animato h. = 58–60 

p 

cresc. 

A. 

6 

4 

p 

To 

thee 

Che ru bin, 

cresc. 

and 

T. 

6 

4 

p 

To 

thee 

Che ru bin, 

cresc. 

and 

To 

thee 

Che 

ru bin, 

and 

B. 

6 

4 

p 

cresc. 

To 

thee 

Che 

ru bin, 

and 

3 

6 

4 

più animato h. = 58–60 

6 

4 

mf pp cresc.

8 

S. 

58 

CHORUS I 

4 

fp 

Se ra phin con tin ual ly do cry, 

A. 

4 

fp 

Se ra phin con tin 

ual 

ly do cry, 

T. 

4 

fp 


B. 

4 

fp 


S. 

CHORUS II 

mf 

p cresc. 

To 

thee 

Che ru bin, 

and 

A. 

mf 

p cresc. 

To 


thee 

Che ru bin, 

and 

T. 

mf 

p cresc. 

To 

thee 

Che ru bin, 

and 

B. 

mf 

p cresc. 

To 

thee 

Che ru bin, 

and 

mf dim. 

p cresc.

9 

S. 

60 

CHORUS I 

 

2 

f 

con tin ual ly do 

A. 

2 

f 


T. 

2 

f 


B. 

2 

f 


S. 

CHORUS II 

4 

2 

fp 

f 


ual 

ly do cry, 

con 

A. 

4 

2 

fp 

f 

Se ra phin con tin ual 

ly do cry, 

con 

T. 

4 

2 

fp 

f 


ual 


ly do cry, 

con 

B. 


4 

2 

fp 

f 

con 

 

f 

mf cresc.

10 

A. 

T. 

B. 

S. 

62 

SEMI-CHORUS II 

CHORUS I 

ff 

4 

2 

2 

2 

2 

6 

4 

6 

4 

6 

4 

f 

* 

pppp 

Ho 

pppp 

Ho 

pppp 

Ho 

(con moto) 

poco 

poco 

poco 

A. 

cry, 

con tin ual ly do cry, Ho 

ff 

f 

2 

ly, 

T. 

cry, 


con tin ual ly do cry, Ho 

ff 

2 

ly, 

B. 

cry, 

cry, 

CHORUS II 

ff 

2 

Ho 

Ho 

ly, 

ly, 

S. 

2 

tin ual ly do cry, 

A. 

2 

tin ual ly do cry, 

T. 

ff 

2 

B. 

tin ual ly do cry, Ho 

ff 

2 

ly, 

tin ual ly do cry, Ho 

4 

ly, 

(con moto) 

2 

2 

ff p dim. ff p dim. 

* Whenever possible, this part should be sung by counter-tenors only.

66 

2 

11 

A. 

ly, Ho ly, Ho ly, Lord God of Sa ba oth; 

2 

T. 


2 

B. 



S. 

CHORUS I / II 

f 

Ho 

ly, 

A. 

f 

Ho 

ly, 

T. 

mf 

Ho 

ly, 

B. 

mf 

Ho 

ly, 

p 

mf

12 

72 

SEMI-CHORUS I 

pp espress. 

* 

Ho ly, Ho ly, Ho ly, Lord God of Sa ba oth; 

5 

pochiss. allarg. 

2 

3 

2 

S. 

pp espress. 2 

Ho ly, Ho ly, Ho ly, Lord God of Sa ba oth; 

3 

2 

pp 

Ho 

ly, Ho ly, Ho ly, Lord 

2 

God of Sa ba oth; 

3 

2 

A. 

pp 


2 

3 

2 

Ho 

ly, Ho ly, Ho ly, Lord 


S. 

3 

2 

A. 

3 

2 

T. 

3 

2 

B. 

3 

2 

5 

Orch. 

p cresc. molto 


 

3 

2 

3 

2 

* Whenever possible, this chorus should be sung by boys only.

13 

S. 

78 

3 

2 

CHORUS I 

ff 

3 

64 

Lord 


A. 

3 

2 

ff 

3 

6 4 

Lord 


T. 

3 

2 

ff 

3 

6 

4 

Lord 


B. 

3 

2 

ff 

3 

6 

4 

Lord 


S. 

3 

2 

CHORUS II 

ff 3 

ff 

3 

6 

4 

Lord God of Sa ba oth; 

Lord God of 

A. 

3 

2 

ff 

3 ff 

3 

6 

4 


Lord God of 

T. 

3 

2 


ff 3 ff 

3 

6 

4 


Lord God of 

B. 

3 

2 

ff 3 ff 

3 

6 

4 


Lord God of 

3 

2 

3 

Org. 

64 

3 

2 

ff 

3 

mf 

ff 

6 

4

14 

S. 

81 

a tempo animato, come prima 

CHORUS I 

f 

6 

4 

9 

4 

4 

6 

4 

Heaven 

and earth are full of the Ma jes ty of thy 

A. 

f 

6 

4 

9 

4 

2 

6 

4 

Heaven 


T. 

f 

6 

4 

9 

4 

4 

6 

4 

Heaven 


B. 

f 

6 

4 

9 

4 

2 

6 

4 

Heaven 


S. 

6 

4 


CHORUS II 

9 

4 

6 

4 

Sa ba oth; 

A. 

6 

4 

9 

4 

6 

4 

Sa ba oth; 

T. 

6 

4 

9 

4 

6 

4 

Sa ba oth; 

B. 

6 

4 

9 

4 

6 

4 

Sa ba oth; 

a tempo animato, come prima 

6 

4 

9 

4 

6 

4 

6 

4 

mf 

9 

4 

cresc. 

6 

4

15 

S. 

83 

6 

4 

Glo 

ry, 

9 

4 

6 

4 

A. 

6 

4 

9 

4 

6 

4 

Glo 

ry, 

T. 

6 

4 

Glo 

ry, 

9 

4 

6 

4 

B. 

6 

4 

9 

4 

6 

4 

Glo 

ry, 

S. 

6 

4 

f 

9 

4 

2 

6 

4 

Heaven 


A. 

6 

4 

f 

9 

4 

4 

6 

4 

Heaven 


T. 

6 

4 

f 

9 

4 

2 

6 

4 

Heaven 


and earth are full of the Ma jes ty of 

thy 

B. 

f 

6 

4 

9 

4 

4 

6 

4 

Heaven 


6 

4 

9 

4 

6 

4 

6 

4 

ff mf cresc. 

9 

4 

6 

4

16 

S. 

85 

6 

4 

ff 

2 

Heaven and earth are full of the Ma jes ty 

A. 

6 

4 

ff 

2 


T. 

6 

4 

ff 

2 


B. 

6 

4 

ff 

2 


S. 

6 

4 

Glo ry, of the Ma jes ty 

ff 

2 

A. 

6 

4 


ff 

2 


T. 

6 

4 


ff 

2 

B. 

6 

4 


ff 

2 

6 

4 

6 

4 

f cresc.

S. 

A. 

T. 

B. 

87 

CHORUS I / II 

ff 

2 

2 

2 

2 

ff 

ff 

ff 

of thy Glo ry. 




17 

ff 

dim. 

91 

6 


a tempo libero e comodo h. (h) = 69–72 

SEMI-CHORUS I 

DECANI* 

6 

4 

p espress. 

S. 

6 

4 

praise 

S. 

CANTORIS* 

( 2 ) 

( 2) 

A. 


pp 

3 

3 

The 

pp 

glo rious com pa ny 

3 

of the A pos tles praise thee. 

3 

T. 

The glo rious com pa ny of the A pos tles praise thee. 

pp 3 3 

B. 

6 

The glo rious com pa ny of the A pos tles praise thee. 

a tempo libero e comodo h. (h) = 69–72 

pp 

pp 

* Whenever possible, this chorus should be sung by boys only.

18 

96 

SEMI-CHORUS I 

DEC. 

S. 

p espress. 

thee, 

praise 

thee, 

CAN. 

p 

3 


praise 

thee, 

S. 

p 

praise 

thee, 

A. 


The good ly fel low ship 

3 

T. 


3 

B. 


3 

pp

19 

100 

p 

S. 

praise 

p 

praise 

thee, 

p 


S. 

p 

praise 

praise 

thee, 

A. 

3 

of the Pro phets praise thee. 

3 

T. 

of the Pro phets praise thee. 

3 

B. 

of the Pro phets praise thee.

20 

104 

3 

2 

6 

4 

p 

S. 

thee. 

praise 

3 

2 

2 

3 

3 

2 


6 

4 

p 

S. 

thee, 

praise 

3 

2 

2 

A. 

3 

2 

3 

2 2 

The no ble ar my of Mar tyrs praise thee. 

T. 

3 

2 

3 

The no ble ar my of Mar tyrs praise thee. 

2 

B. 

3 

2 

3 

Mar 

tyrs 

2 

The no ble ar my of 

Mar 

3 

tyrs 

praise thee. 

9 

4 

6 

4 

pp 

9 

4 

6 

4

21 

107 

SEMI-CHORUS I 

7 

2 

pp 

S. 

p 

thee. 

pp 

through 

praise 

thee. 

The Ho ly Church through 

2 

pp 

S. 

p 

3 

thee. 


pp 


A. 

praise 


thee. 

pp 


T. 


pp 

B. 


pp 

S. 

CHORUS I/II 


pp 

A. 


pp 

T. 


pp 

B. 


pp 

7 

The Ho ly Church through

22 

S. 

111 

poco stringendo 

TUTTI CHORUS 

cresc. 

3 

2 


f 

2 

3 3 

A. 

- out all 

cresc. 

the world doth ac know ledge thee the Fa 

3 

2 

f 

2 

ther 

of an in fin ite 

3 3 

T. 

- out all the world doth ac know ledge thee the Fa 

cresc. 

f 

3 

2 

2 

ther 


3 3 

- out all 


ther 


B. 

cresc. 

3 

2 

f 

2 

3 3 

- out all 


ther 




Org. 

6 

4 

f 

S. 

116 

a tempo 

ff 


3 

2 

3 

2 

6 

4 

p 

3 

2 

A. 

Ma jes ty; 

ff 

p 

3 

2 

T. 

Ma jes ty; 

ff 

p 

p 

3 

2 

B. 

Ma jes ty; 

ff 

p 

Thinehon our a ble, 

p 

3 

2 

Orch. 

Ma jes ty; 

a tempo 

Thinehon our a ble, 

3 

2 

ff dim. f dim. 

mf 

pp 

3 

2

S. 

A. 

T. 

120 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

p 

p 

Al so the Ho ly Ghostthe 

Al 

3 

3 

so the Ho ly Ghostthe 

23 

4 2 

3 2 

3 

4 3 2 2 

4 2 

3 2 

true, and on ly Son; 

B. 

3 

2 

4 2 

3 2 

true, and on ly Son; 

3 

2 

3 

2 

Orch. 

p cresc. 

4 2 

3 2 

3 

4 2 

3 2 

3 

S. 

123 

3 

2 


poco rit. 

4 2 

3 4 

Com fort er. 

A. 

3 

2 

4 2 

3 4 

T. 

3 

2 

Com fort er. 

pp 

3 

4 3 2 4 

B. 

3 

2 

Al so the Ho lyGhost the Com fort er. 

pp 3 

4 2 

3 4 

Al 

so the Ho lyGhost the Com fort er. 

3 

2 

Org. 

poco rit. 

4 2 

3 4 

3 

2 

p 

pp 

4 2 

3 4

24 

126 

8 

3 

4 

Vivo q = c.120–126 

Orch. 

4 

3 

4 

f marc. 

3 

3 

4 

130 

4 

3 

4 

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 

4 

3 

4 

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 

134 

Orch. 

and Org. 


poco allarg. 

G. P. 

4 

ff 

fff 

4 

S. 

A. 

T. 

B. 

141 

9 

9 

Risoluto (poco meno mosso) q = c.116 

CHORUS 

fff 

4 

Thou art the King of Glo ry, O Christ. Thou 

fff 

4 


fff 

4 

4 

4 

4 

fff 



Risoluto (poco meno mosso) q = c.116 

Orch. 

ff 

Org.

25 

144 

subito a tempo vivo q = c.126 

S. 

art the ev er last ing Son of the Fa 

A. 


T. 


B. 


subito a tempo vivo q = c.126 

Orch. 


ff 

3 

3 

147 

S. 

ther. 

A. 

T. 

ther. 

ther. 

B. 

ther. 

3 

3 

3 

3 

149 

3 

3 

3 

dim. 

3 

mf dim. 

p 

pp

26 

153 

10 

tranquillo q = c.84–88 

p 

S. 

A. 

thou 

p 

p 

thou 

T. 

B. 

When thou took est up on thee to de li ver man: 

p 

When thou took est up on thee to de li ver man: 


10 

tranquillo q = c.84–88 

Orch. 

Org. 

p 

p 

156 

poco più lento 

S. 

didst not ab hor the Vir gin’s womb. 

A. 

T. 

didst not ab hor the Vir gin’s womb. 

p 

B. 

When 

p 

thou hadst o ver come 

the 

When 

thou hadst o ver come 

the 

poco più lento 

p

S. 

159 

p 

a tempo 

27 

3 

4 

A. 

thou didst o pen the King dom of Heaven to all be 

p 

3 

4 

thou didst o pen the King dom of Heaven to all be 

T. 

3 

4 

B. 

sharp ness of death,thou didst o pen the King dom of Heaven to all be 

3 

4 

sharp ness 

of death, 

a tempo 

3 

4 

3 

4 

S. 

162 

3 

4 

più vivace 

q = c.104–108 11 

f 

4 

3 

4 

A. 

3 

4 


liev ers. Thou sit test at the right hand of God: in the 

f 

4 

3 

4 

T. 

3 

4 


f 

4 

3 

4 

B. 

3 

4 


f 

4 

3 

4 

Thou sit test at the right hand of God: in the 

3 

4 

più vivace 

q = c.104–108 11 

4 

3 

4 

3 

4 

4 

f 

ff 

3 

4

28 

S. 

165 

3 

4 

glo ry of the Fa ther. 

A. 

3 

4 


T. 

3 

4 

glo ry of the Fa 

ther. 

B. 

3 

4 


3 

4 

Orch. 

3 

4 

ff 

S. 

168 

maestoso q = c.76–80 

4 

rall. 

A. 


4 

mp 

T. 

ff 

4 

We 

mp 

B. 

We 

ff 

be lieve that thou shalt come to be our Judge. 

4 

We 

We 

be lieve that thou shalt come to be our Judge. 

maestoso q = c.76–80 

4 

rall. 

f 

4 

sfz

172 

12 

a tempo q = c.88–92 

mp 

29 

S. 

We there fore pray thee, help thy ser vants, whomthouhast re deemed withthy 

A. 

there fore pray thee, help thy ser vants, whomthouhast re deemed withthy 

T. 

there 

fore ` pray thee, help thy ser vants, whomthouhast re deemed withthy 

B. 

12 

p cantabile 

S. 

175 

3 

4 

mf cresc. 


4 

3 

4 

A. 


a tempo q = c.88–92 

pre cious blood. Make 

3 

4 

them to be num bered with thy 

mf cresc. 

4 

3 

4 

T. 

B. 


3 

4 


mf cresc. 

3 

4 

3 

4 

Make 

4 

4 

them to be num 

mf cresc. 

them to be 

bered 

num 

them to be num bered with thy 


4 

3 

4 

3 

4 

3 

4 

3 

4 

mf cresc. 

4 

3 

4

30 

S. 

A. 

T. 

B. 

178 

3 

4 

ben tenuto 

Saints in glo ry ev er 

ff 

3 

4 

3 

4 

3 

4 

3 

4 

with thy Saints 

in 

bered with thySaints 

ff 

glo 

fff 

Saints in glo 

ben tenuto 

Org. and Orch. 

ff 

ry ev er 

in glo ry ev er 

ry ev er 


3 

4 

f 

183 

subito a tempo primo q = c.168 

S. 

- last ing. 

A. 

- last ing. 

T. 

- last ing. 

B. 

- last ing. 

subito a tempo primo q = c.168 

Orch. 

Org. 

ff 

f

31 

S. 

189 

13 

f 

O 

Lord, 

save 

A. 

f 

O 

f 

Lord, 

save 

T. 

O 

Lord, 

save 

B. 

f 

Orch. 

Org. 

13 

O 


Lord, 

save 

Orch. 

f 

194 

S. 

thy peo ple, and 

A. 


T. 


B. 


Org. 

ff 

ff

32 

199 

S. 

bless thine he ri tage. Gov ern 

A. 


T. 

B. 



Orch. 

Org. 

Org. 

S. 

A. 

T. 

204 

CHORUS I 

them 

them 


6 

4 

6 

4 

6 

4 

B. 

S. 

them 

them 

CHORUS II 

6 

4 

6 

4 

A. 

T. 

them and lift them up for 


6 

4 

6 

4 

B. 


6 

4 


Orch. 

Org. 

6 

4 

6 

4

S. 

209 

14 

6 

4 

animato, come prima 

CHORUS I 

f 

33 

Day 

by day we mag ni fy thee; And we 

A. 

6 

4 

f 

Day 


T. 

6 

4 

f 

Day 



B. 

6 

4 

f 

Day 


S. 

6 

4 

CHORUS II 

ev 

er. 

A. 

6 

4 

ev 

er. 

T. 

6 

4 

ev 

er. 

B. 

6 

4 

ev 

er. 

14 

6 

4 

animato, come prima 

p cresc. 

Orch. 

6 

4

34 

211 

S. 

wor ship thy Name, 

A. 


T. 



B. 


S. 

f 

Day by day we mag ni fy thee; And we 

A. 

f 


T. 

f 


f 

B. 


f 

p cresc.

35 

213 


S. 

Day by day we mag ni fy thee; 

A. 


T. 



B. 


S. 


ff 

And 

we 

A. 


ff 

And 

we 

T. 


ff 

And 

we 

B. 


ff 

And we 


f 

mf cresc. 

f

36 

S. 

A. 

T. 

B. 

S. 

A. 

T. 

B. 

215 

ff 

 

And we wor ship thy Name ev er world with out 

ff 


ff 


ff 


wor ship thy Name ev er world with out 




3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

 

3 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 


3 

2 

S. 

A. 

T. 

B. 

218 

15 

2 

2 

2 

2 

15 

6 

4 

a tempo 

CHORUS I/II 

end. 

end. 

end. 

end. 

a tempo 

6 

4 

ff marc.

37 

221 

9 

4 

6 

4 

9 

4 

6 

4 

224 

dim. 

mf dim. 


227 

16 

a tempo come prima, ma più lento 

SEMI-CHORUS I 

h (h.) = c.60 

DEC.* 

6 

4 

p 

S. 

6 

4 

Vouch safe, O 

p 

CAN.* 

6 

4 

Vouch safe, O 

S. 

6 

4 

A. 


2 

pp 

3 

T. 

2 

Vouch safe, O Lord, to keep us this day with out sin. 

pp 3 

B. 

2 

16 


pp 3 


a tempo come prima, ma più lento h (h.) = c.60 

pp 

pp 

* Whenever possible, these parts should be sung by boys only.

38 

232 

Lord, to keep us this day with out sin. 

S. 

Lord, to keep us this day with out sin. 

2 

p 


S. 

Vouch safe, O Lord. 

p 

this 

day with out sin. 

A. 

pp 

O 

T. 

pp 

O 

B. 

pp 

O 

pp

39 

235 

p 

O 

Lord, have mer cy up 

S. 

p 

O 

Lord, have mer cy up 


S. 

A. 

3 

6 4 

Lord, have mer cy up on us, have mer cy up on us. 

T. 

3 

6 

4 

Lord, have mer cy up on us, have mer cy up on us. 

B. 

3 

6 

4 

Lord, have mer cy up on us, have mer cy up on us.

40 

238 

SEMI-CHORUS I 

S. 

on us, have mer cy up on us, have mer cy up on us. 

on us, have mer cy up on us. O 

2 

pp 

p 2 pp 2 

S. 

p 

have mer cy up on us. O 

have mer cy up on us. O 

2 

pp 

S. 

CHORUS 


2 

pp 

O 

A. 

2 

pp 

O 

T. 

2 

pp 

O 

B. 

2 

pp 

O 

Org. 

2 

2 

pp

41 

241 

17 

2 

più lento h = c.50 

pp 

3 

cresc. 

3 

2 

S. 

let thy mer cy light en up on 

us, as our trust is in 

3 

cresc. 

3 

2 

Lord, let thy mer cy light en up on 


2 

3 

cresc. 

3 

2 

S. 



3 

cresc. 

3 

2 



S. 

3 

cresc. 

3 

2 



A. 

3 


cresc. 

3 

2 



T. 


3 

cresc. 


3 

2 

B. 

3 cresc. 

Lord, let thy mer cy light en up on us, as our trust is in 

3 

2 

17 

2 

più lento h = c.50 

3 

2 

2 

pochiss. cresc. 

3 

2

42 

S. 

A. 

244 

f 

3 

2 

thee. 

f 

3 

2 

ff 

ff 

 

9 

4 

O Lord, in thee have I trust 

9 

4 

2 

2 

thee. 


T. 

f 

3 

2 

thee. 

ff 

9 

4 


2 

B. 

f 

3 

2 

thee. 

ff 

9 

4 


2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

Orch. 

f 

Orch. 

9 

4 

9 

4 

2 

2 

f 

S. 

247 

18 

marcatiss. 

ed: 

let me ne ver be con found ed, 

A. 

marcatiss. 

ed: 



T. 

marcatiss. 

ed: 


B. 

marcatiss. 

ed: 

let me ne ver be con 

18 

pp 

ff dim.

43 

S. 

250 

3 

2 

2 

A. 

3 

2 

2 

T. 

3 

2 

2 

B. 

3 

2 

2 

found 

ed, 

3 

2 

3 

2 

2 

2 

S. 

254 

pochiss. meno mosso 

pp 

2 


3 3 3 

pp p f 

3 3 3 

3 

2 

poco sfz 

A. 

2 

let 

pp 

me ne ver be con found ed. 

poco sfz 

3 

2 

T. 

B. 

2 

2 

2 

pp 

pp 

let 

let 

let 

pp 


poco sfz 

3 

2 


3 

2 


poco sfz 

3 

2 

poco sfz 

let me ne ver be con found ed. 

pochiss. meno mosso 

2 

2 

pp 

3 

2 

3 

2

First performed in June 1953 as the new Queen processed out of Westminster Abbey, 

Walton’s Coronation Te Deum—for SATB chorus and orchestra—is regal, celebratory, 

and a beacon among English settings. This edition marks the 60th anniversary of Queen 

Elizabeth II’s coronation, and draws on research for the complete William Walton Edition. 

The vocal score includes a keyboard reduction for rehearsal purposes, and matching 

orchestral scores and parts are available on hire/rental. 

CLASSIC CHORAL WORKS 

Astorga Stabat Mater ed. King 

Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine* ed. Rutter 

Requiem* 

ed. Rutter 

Handel Four Coronation Anthems ed. Bartlett 

Messiah 

ed. Bartlett 

Haydn The Creation ed. Brown 

Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (‘Little Organ Mass’) ed. McCaldin 

Missa in Tempore Belli (Mass in Time of War) 

ed. Hulme 

Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) 

ed. McCaldin 

Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese 

ed. McCaldin 

Hummel Mass in B flat ed. Floreen 

Machaut Messe de Nostre Dame ed. Leech-Wilkinson 

Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine (‘Vespers’ (1610)) 

ed. Kurtzman 

Mozart Mass in C minor ed. Maunder 

Missa Brevis in D 

ed. Maunder 

Requiem 

ed. Maunder 

Purcell Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in D ed. King 

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle ed. Fleming 

Verdi Pater Noster ed. Blezzard 

Vivaldi Gloria ed. Everett 

* Not for sale in the USA 

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ISBN 978-0-19-339512-1 

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