Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, 
but we shall all be chang’d in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, 
at the last trumpet.

I Corinthians 15:51-15:52 (condensed; paraphrased)

Text Authorship:

• by Charles Jennens (1700 - 1773) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Linda Buckley (b. 1979), "Their Sound is Gone Out", 2011, first performed 2011 [ voice, harp and tape ], Dublin : Contemporary Music Centre
      Publisher: Contemporary Music Centre [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-12-08
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