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Laudis Corona

Publication Date: 1880 Publisher: D. & J. Sadlier Publication Place: New York Editors: Francis A. Harkins; D & J Sadlier

Appears in 97 hymnals First Line: Adeste fideles Lyrics: 1 Adeste fideles, Laeti triumphantes, Venite, venite in Bethlehem: Natum videte Regem angelorum; Venite adoremus, venite adoremus, venite adoremus Dominum. Natum videte Regem angelorum; Venite adoremus, venite adoremus, venite adoremus Dominum. 2 Deum deo Deo, Lumen de lumine, Gestant puellae viscera; Deum verum Genitum non factum; Venite, etc. 3 Cantet nunc Io! Chorus Angelorum; Cantet nunc aula caelestium Gloria, gloria In excelsis Deo; Venite, etc. 4 Ergo, qui natus Die hodierna Jesu! tibi sit gloria, Patris aeterni, Verbum caro factum; Venite, etc. Used With Tune: [Adeste fideles]

Magnificat

Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Magnificat: Anima mea Dominum Lyrics: 1 Magnificat: Anima mea Dominum. 2 Et exultavit spiritus meus: in Deo salutari meo. 3 Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae: ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. 4 Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et sanctum nomen ejus. 5 Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies: timentibus eum. 6 Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: dispersit snperbos menti cordis sui. 7 Deposuit potentes de sede; et exaltavit humiles. 8 Esurientes implevit bonis: et divites dimisit inanes. 9 Suscepit Israel puerum suum: recordatus misericordiae suae. 10 Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros: Abraham, et semini eju in saecula. 11 Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto: 12 Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Topics: Miscellaneous Used With Tune: [Magnificat: Anima mea Dominum]

Holy God

Appears in 207 hymnals First Line: Holy God, we praise Thy name Lyrics: 1 Holy God, we praise Thy name, Lord of all, we bow before Thee; All on earth Thy sceptre claim, All in heaven above adore Thee; Infinite Thy vast domain, Everlasting is Thy reign. 2 Hark! the loud celestial hymns, Angel choirs above are raising; Cherubim and Seraphim, In unceasing chorus praising, Fill the heavens with sweet accord; Holy, holy, holy Lord! 3 Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray, By a thousand snares surrounded; Keep us without sin to-day, Never let us be confounded: Lo! I put my trust in Thee, Never, Lord, abandon me. Used With Tune: [Holy God, we praise Thy name]

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Tunes

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[Adeste fideles]

Appears in 1,410 hymnals Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11512 55323 43211 Used With Text: Adestes Fideles

[Come, let us lift our joyful eyes]

Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 55346 54332 35433 Used With Text: Come, let us lift our joyful eyes

[Oh! Flow'r of grace! divinest flow'r!]

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 34555 56543 33211 Used With Text: O Flower of grace

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

O Purest of the Pure

Hymnal: LCNS1885 #1 (1880) First Line: O purest of creatures, sweet Mother, sweet Maid Lyrics: 1 O purest of creatures, sweet Mother, sweet Maid, The one spotless womb wherein Jesus was laid: Dark night hath come down on us, Mother, and we Look out for thy shining, Sweet Star of the Sea, Look out for thy shining, Sweet Star of the Sea, Sweet Star of the Sea. 2 Deep night hath come down on this rough-spoken world, And the banners of darkness are boldly unfurl'd; And the tempest-toss'd Church, all her eyes are on thee; They look for thy shining, Sweet Star of the Sea, They look for thy shining, Sweet Star of the Sea, Sweet Star of the Sea. 3 Oh! blissful and calm was the wonderful rest That thou gavest thy God in thy virginal breast; For the heaven He left He found heaven in thee; And He shone in thy shining, Sweet Star of the Sea. 3 Oh! shine on us brighter than ever, then shine! For the primest of honors, dear Mother! is thine; "Conceived without sin," thy new title shall be, Clear light from thy birth-spring, Sweet Star of the Sea. Languages: English Tune Title: [O purest of creatures, sweet Mother, sweet Maid]

The Immaculate Conception

Hymnal: LCNS1885 #2 (1880) First Line: O Mother! I could weep for mirth Lyrics: 1 O Mother! I could weep for mirth, Joy fills my heart so fast; My soul today is heav'n on earth; Oh! could the transport last! I think of thee and what thou art, Thy majesty, thy state, And I keep singing in my heart, "Immaculate, Immaculate!" 2 It is this thought to-day that lifts My happy heart to heaven, That for our sakes thy choicest gifts To thee, dear Queen, were given. I think of thee, etc. 3 Oh! blessed be th' Eternal Son Who joys to call thee Mother, And lets poor men, by sin undone, For thy sake, call Him Brother. I think of thee, etc. 4 Immaculate Conception! far Above all graces blest! Thou shinest like a royal star On God's eternal breast! I think of thee, etc. Languages: English Tune Title: [O Mother! I could weep for mirth]

Our Lady's Expectation

Hymnal: LCNS1885 #4 (1880) First Line: Like the dawning of the morning Lyrics: 1 Like the dawning of the morning On the mountain's golden heights, Like the breaking of the moonbeams On the gloom of cloudy nights; Like the secret told by angels, Getting known upon the earth, Is the Mother's expectation Of Messiah's speedy birth. 2 Thou wert happy, blessed Mother, With the very bliss of heaven, Since the angel's salutation In thy raptured ear was given; Since the Ave of that midnight, When thou wast anointed Queen, Like a river overflowing Hath the grace within thee been. 3 And what wonders have been in thee All the day and all the night, While the angels fell before thee, To adore the Light of Light; While the glory of the Father Hath been in thee as a home, And the scepter of creation Hath been wielded in thy womb. 4 Thou hast waited, Child of David! And thy waiting now is o'er! Thou hast seen Him Blessed Mother! And wilt see him evermore! Oh! His Human Face and Features, They were passing sweet to see; Thou beholdest them this moment; Mother, show them now to me! Languages: English Tune Title: [Like the dawning of the morning]

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People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: From Mendelssohn Hymnal Number: 58 Composer of "[Christ is risen from the dead]" in Laudis Corona Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756 - 1791 Person Name: Mozart Hymnal Number: 168 Composer of "[Tantum ergo Sacramentum]" in Laudis Corona Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria 1756-1791. Born at Salzburg, Austria, the son of Leopold Mozart, a minor composer and violinist, and youngest of seven children, he showed amazing ability on violin and keyboard from earliest childhood, even starting to compose music at age four when his father would play a piece and Mozart would play it exactly as did his father. At five, he composed some of his own music, which he played to his father, who wrote it down. When Mozart was eight, he wrote his first symphony, probably transcribed by his father. In his early years his father was his only teacher, teaching his children languages and academic subjects, as well as fundamentals of their strict Catholic faith. Some of his early compositions came as a surprise to his father, who eventually gave up composing himself when he realized how talented his son was. His family made several European journeys and he and his sister, Nanneri, performed as child prodigies, at the court of Prince-elector Maximillian II of Bavaria in Munich, and at the Imperial Courts in Vienna and Prague. A long concert tour followed, for 3.5 years, taking the family to courts in Munich, Mannheim, Paris, London, Dover, The Hague, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Mechelen, and again to Paris, and back home via Zurich, Donaueschingen, and Munich. During these trips Mozart met many musicians, acquainting himself with the works of other composers. He met Johann Christian Bach in London in 1764. Family trips were challenging, and travel conditions were primitive. They had to wait for invitations and reimbursements from nobility, and they endured long, near-fatal illnesses far from home. First Leopold (1764) got sick, then both children (1765). They traveled again to Vienna in 1767 and stayed there over a year. After a year back in Salzburg, Leopold and Wolfgang went to Italy (1769-1771), Leopold wished to display his son’s abilities as a performer and maturing composer. In Bologna, Italy, Wolfgang was accepted as a member of the famous Academia Filamonica. In Rome he heard Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere twice in performance. Back in the Sistine Chapel, Mozart wrote the whole performance out from memory, thus producing the first unauthorized copy of this closely guarded property of the Vatican. In the next few years Mozart wrote several operas performed with success in Italy, but his father’s hopes of securing a professional appointment for his son were not realized. At age 17 he was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position. After returning to Salzburg, Mozart was employed as a court musician by the ruler of Salzburg, Prince Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo. This gave Mozart ample opportunity to develop relationships with other musicians and his admirers, resulting in his development of new symphonies, sonatas, string quartets, masses, serenades, and some minor operas. In 1775 he wrote his only violin concertos, five in all. Again, he was discontent with work in Salzburg and traveled to find more opportunity to write operas. He and his father again visited Munich and Vienna, but neither visit was successful with the exception of his opera ‘La finta giardiniera’ in Munich. In 1777 he resigned his Salzburg position and went to Augsburg, Mannheim, Paris, and Munich again. In Mannheim he met and fell in love with Aloysia Weber, one of four daughters of a musical family. He could find no real employment there and left for Paris in 1778. He might have had a position as organist at Versailles, but he was not interested in that. He fell into debt and started pawning valuables. During these events his mother died. Meanwhile his father was still trying to find him a position in Salzburg. After checking out several other European cities and Munich, he again encountered Aloysia, but she was no longer interested in him, so he returned to Salzburg, having written another symphony, concerto, and piano sonata, and took the new appointment his father had found. However, he was still in discontent. Visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He wrote another opera, ‘Idomeneo’, in 1781, that was successful in Munich. Two months later he was summoned to Vienna, where his employer, Archbishop Colloredo, wanted him around due to his notoriety. Mozart wished to meet the emperor and perform for him, and finally got that opportunity. It resulted in a part-time position and substantial commissions. Colloredo became a nemesis to Mozart’s career, finally releasing Mozart from his employ with a literal kick in the pants, much against his father’s wishes. However, he was now independent. Mozart then decided to settle in Vienna as a free lance performer and composer. He lived with the Fridolin Weber family, who had moved from Mannheim to Vienna. Fridolin, the father, had died, and they were taking in lodgers to make ends meet. His career there went well, and he performed as a pianist before the Emperor, establishing himself as the finest keyboard player in Vienna. He wrote another opera in 1782, again achieving success. Mozart had now become a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period and was known throughout Europe. Aloysia was now married to actor, Joseph Lange, and Mozart’s interest shifted to her sister, Constanze. In 1782 he married Constanze Weber Mozart Nissen. The marriage started out with a brief separation, and there was a problem getting Mozart’s father’s permission, which finally came. They had six children, but only two survived infancy: Carl and Franz. He lived in Vienna and achieved some notoriety, composing many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas. In 1782-83 he became intimately acquainted with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friederic Handel, as his friend, Gottfried van Swieten, owned many manuscripts of the Baroque masters, which Mozart studied intently. He altered his style of composition as a result. That year Mozart and his wife visited his father and sister, and he composed a liturgical piece, a Mass, with a singing part for his wife. He also met Joseph Hadyn in Vienna in 1784 and they became friends. They even played together in a string quartet from time to time. Mozart wrote six quartets dedicated to Hadyn. In 1785 Hadyn told Leopold Mozart, “Your son is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste, and what is more, the greatest skill in composition”. Over the next several years Mozart booked several piano concertos in various places as a sole performer to delighted audiences, making substantial remuneration for his work. He and his wife then adopted a more luxurious lifestyle. They moved to an expensive apartment and he bought a fine fortepiano and billiard table. They sent their son, Karl, to an expensive boarding school and also kept servants. In 1784 Mozart became a Freemason and even composed Masonic music. Over the next several years he did little operatic writing and focused on his career as a piano soloist and writer of concertos. He again began operatic collaboration in 1785, creating ‘The marriage of Figaro’, then ‘Don Giovanni’ in 1787. That year his father died. Also that year he obtained a steady post under Emperor Joseph II as his chamber composer. This was part-time employment that was important when hard times arrived. However, Joseph aimed at keeping Mozart from leaving Vienna for better work. The Austrio-Turkish War made life difficult for musicians, and his aristocracy support had declined. He moved to save on expenses, but that did not help much, and he was reduced to borrowing funds from his friends, and pleading for loans. During this period he produced his last three symphonies. In 1789 he then set up on a journey to Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin hoping to improve his fortunes. In 1790 he was highly productive, producing concertos, an opera, ‘The magic flute’, a series of string quintets, a motet, and an (unfinished) Requiem. Finances began to improve and he begin paying back his debts. Public reaction to his works also brought him great satisfaction. In 1791, while in Prague for the premiere of his opera, ‘La clemenza di Tito’, he fell ill. He continued professional functions for a short time, but had to go home and be nursed by his wife over the next couple of months. He died at Vienna, Austria, at the age of 35, a small thin man with undistinguishing characteristics. He was buried in a modest grave, having had a small funeral. Beethoven composed his early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Hadyn wrote “posterity will not see such a talent (as Mozart) again in 100 years”. 600+ works. Side note: Mozart enjoyed billiards, dancing, and had a pet canary, a starling, a dog, and a horse for recreational riding. He liked off-color humor. He wore elegant clothing when performing and had a modest tenor voice. John Perry

Will S. Hays

1837 - 1907 Person Name: W. S. Hays Hymnal Number: 131b Composer of "[Bright Queen of heaven, Virgin most fair]" in Laudis Corona William Shakespeare Hays USA 1837-1907. Born in Louisville, KY, he attended colleges in IN, TN, and KY, after which he became a reporter for the “Louisville Democrat” newspaper. He later became a columnist for the “Louisville Courier-Journal” after a stint as a steamboat captain on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. During the Civil War Hays was jailed in New Orleans, LA, for writing songs that supported the Confederate cause. Musically inclined, he wrote about 350 songs. The song “Mollie Darling” (1872) sold a million copies. As with some other hymns, the tune of his popular vaudeville song, “Little old log cabin” was adapted to the new hymn by the lyricist, C W Fry, who wrote “Lily of the valley”. He died in his hometown, Louisville, KY. John Perry

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