The Strife Is O'er, The Battle Done

Text by Köln from Symphonia Sirenum Selectarum

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About this hymn

Date: 1695
Tune: Victory
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Key: E
Meter: 8 8 8 with Alleluias

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 Atonement, Easter, Eternal Life, God, Majesty & Power of, Heaven, Jesus.

Acts 2:22-24 · Rom 5:10-11 · 6:9-10 · Is 12:1-6 · 1Cor 15:54-57 · 2Tim 1:10 · Eph 2:1-6 · Is 53:3-5

Musical background

Victory is presented in the source key of E, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

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

Words: from Symphonia Sirenum Selectarum, Köln, 1695; translated by Francis Pott, 1861. Music: 'Victory' or 'Palestrina' Giovanni P. da Palestrina, 1591. Setting: William Henry Monk, 1861. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.