The Lord Is My Shepherd (Rutter)

For other uses, see The Lord is my shepherd (disambiguation).

The Lord Is My Shepherd
Anthem by John Rutter
KeyC major
RelatedRequiem (1985)
TextPsalm 23
Dedication"For Mel Olson and the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska"
Published1978 (1978)
ScoringSATB choir and organ

The Lord Is My Shepherd is a sacred choral composition by John Rutter, a setting of Psalm 23. The work was published by Oxford University Press in 1978.[1] Marked "Slow but flowing", the music is in C major and 2/4 time.[2] Rutter composed it for Mel Olson and the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska.[2] He later included the work as a movement in his Requiem of 1985, then with orchestra or chamber ensemble.[3] In 1993, Rutter also made it part of his Psalmfest, a collection of nine psalms written over 20 years. For that version, he used also soloists.[3]

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