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God is King— be warned, you mighty

Author: Michael Perry Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 165 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55155 44366 53212 Used With Text: God is King— be warned, you mighty

BITHYNIA=CORINTH

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 250 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel Webbe The Elder 1740-1816 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 12345 43211 14321 Used With Text: God is king—be warned, you mighty

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God is King— be warned, you mighty

Author: Michael Arnold Perry, 1942-1996 Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #619 (2004) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Scripture: Psalm 82 Languages: English Tune Title: LUX EOI

God is king—be warned, you mighty

Author: Michael Perry 1942-96 Hymnal: Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #82 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Christ's Lordship Governments and Nations Scripture: Psalm 82 Languages: English Tune Title: BITHYNIA=CORINTH

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Michael Perry

1942 - 1996 Person Name: Michael Perry 1942-96 Author of "God is king—be warned, you mighty" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship Initially studying mathematics and physics at Dulwich College, Michael A. Perry (b. Beckenham, Kent, England, 1942; d. England, 1996) was headed for a career in the sciences. However, after one year of study in physics at the University of London, he transferred to Oak Hill College to study theology. He also studied at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and received a M.Phil. from the University of Southhampton in 1973. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1966, Perry served the parish of St. Helen's in Liverpool as a youth worker and evangelist. From 1972 to 1981 he was the vicar of Bitterne in Southhampton and from 1981 to 1989, rector of Eversley in Hampshire and chaplain at the Police Staff College. He then became vicar of Tonbridge in Kent, where he remained until his death from a brain tumor in 1996. Perry published widely in the areas of Bible study and worship. He edited Jubilate publications such as Hymns far Today's Church (1982), Carols for Today (1986), Come Rejoice! (1989), and Psalms for Today (1990). Composer of the musical drama Coming Home (1987), he also wrote more than two hundred hymns and Bible versifications. Bert Polman

Samuel Webbe

1740 - 1816 Person Name: Samuel Webbe The Elder 1740-1816 Composer of "BITHYNIA=CORINTH" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d. London, 1816) Webbe's father died soon after Samuel was born without providing financial security for the family. Thus Webbe received little education and was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker at the age of eleven. However, he was determined to study and taught himself Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, German, and Italian while working on his apprenticeship. He also worked as a music copyist and received musical training from Carl Barbant, organist at the Bavarian Embassy. Restricted at this time in England, Roman Catholic worship was freely permitted in the foreign embassies. Because Webbe was Roman Catholic, he became organist at the Portuguese Chapel and later at the Sardinian and Spanish chapels in their respective embassies. He wrote much music for Roman Catholic services and composed hymn tunes, motets, and madrigals. Webbe is considered an outstanding composer of glees and catches, as is evident in his nine published collections of these smaller choral works. He also published A Collection of Sacred Music (c. 1790), A Collection of Masses for Small Choirs (1792), and, with his son Samuel (the younger), Antiphons in Six Books of Anthems (1818). Bert Polman

Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900 Composer of "LUX EOI" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman