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Cobb: "Rise, shine, for thy light is come"

Gerard Francis Cobb (1838-1904) was actually better known as a bicyclist than as a composer in England, the first president of the National Cyclists' Union. He worked at Trinity College, Cambridge, but as the son of an Anglican rector he worked in churches his whole life and wrote a few anthems that are very English indeed. In this Epiphanytide anthem, I find the contrasting second section "for behold, darkness shall cover the earth" to be extremely effective, and the gradual turn back to light beginning "but the Lord shall arise" is skillfully done especially for one who did not make a living of being a composer.