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George B. Lissant › Tunes

Short Name: George B. Lissant
Full Name: Lissant, George Benjamin, 1823-1899
Birth Year (est.): 1823
Death Year: 1899

Born: September 22, 1827.
Died: September 14, 1899.

Lissant was a chorister at the coronation of Britain’s Queen Victoria. In 1849, he became the first organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Calcutta, India. From about 1872 to 1899, he played the organ at St. Augustine’s Church, Queen’s Gate, London.

Sources:
Musical Times, October 1, 1899, p. 691

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/i/s/lissant_gb.htm


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by George B. Lissant (16)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
BANNER (Lissant)George B. Lissant (Composer)351353 32123 43251
[Christ, we sing Thy saving Passion]G. B. Lissant (Composer)332357 65421 12354
[Come forth, come forth, brave reapers]G. B. Lissant (Composer)235351 17656 45333
[Come, hear ye how God's priest of old]G. B. Lissant (Composer)254233 27123 23456
FREEMAN (Lissant)George Benjamin Lissant, 1827-1899 (Composer)235714 33212 33326
ORIENT (Lissant)George B. Lissant (Composer)411766 55712 11765
[Heavenly Father, God alone]G. B. Lissant (Composer)232117 12432 53217
HERZEGOVINAGeorge Benjamin Lissant, 1827-1899 (Composer)455671 32176 51765
HOLY JESUSG. B. Lissant (Composer)331112 32521 13673
[In the wintry heaven] (Lissant)George B. Lissant (Composer)211766 55671 32171
[Joy and gladness! Joy and gladness] (Lissant)G. B. Lissant (Composer)234565 17643 12336
[Lord of the harvest! Thee we hail] (Lissant)G. B. Lissant (Composer)234357 12443 34332
[Merrily the Easter bells] (Lissant)G. B. Lissant (Composer)212343 32112 34617
REX REGUM (Lissant)George B. Lissant (Composer)651712 32164 3132
[Through the long hidden years Thou hast sought me]G. B. Lissant (Composer)2
[Twine the Easter garland] (Lissant)G. B. Lissant (Composer)256532 71761 66556
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