Behold, A Host, Arrayed in White

Text by Hans Adolf Brorson

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About this hymn

Date: 1760
Tune: Den Store Hvide Flok
Composer: Norwegian
Key: Eb
Meter: 8 8 4 4 6 8 8 4 4 6 8 8 4 4 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Anticipation, Art and Music, Blood, Consecration, Consolation, Courage in Affliction.

Rev 7:9-17 · Heb 9:14 · 1Jn 1:7 · Rev 6:11-13

Musical background

Den Store Hvide Flok is presented in the source key of Eb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Hans Adolf Brorson, circa 1760. Translation composite. Music: 'Den Store Hvide Flok' or 'Great White Host' traditional Norwegian, 17th cent. Setting: Edvard Grieg, 1907. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2007 Revision.