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How dear is the thought that the angels of God

Appears in 12 hymnals

[How dear is the thought that the angels of God]

Appears in 85 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Schulz Incipit: 55355 35424 35535 Used With Text: The Angels

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The Angels

Hymnal: The Carol #115a (1886) First Line: How dear is the thought that the angels of God Languages: English Tune Title: [How dear is the thought that the angels of God]

How dear is the thought that the angels of God

Hymnal: The Sunny Side #d48 (1875)

How dear is the thought that the angels of God

Hymnal: Youthful Voices #d89 (1862)

Author of "How dear is the thought, that the angels of God" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

J. A. P. Schulz

1747 - 1800 Person Name: Schulz Composer of "[How dear is the thought that the angels of God]" in The Carol Johann Abraham Peter Schulz Germany 1747-1800. Born at Luneburg, Germany, son of a baker, he attended St Michaelis school in Luneburg and studied organ, then the Johanneum from 1759-1764. In 1765 he was a student of composer, Johann Kimberger, and then taught in Berlin himself. In 1768 Kimberger recommended Schulz for the position of music teacher and accompanist to the Polish Princess Sapieha Woiwodin von Smolensk. Schulz moved to Berlin and traveled with her for three years performing throughout Europe, where he came in contact with many new musical ideas. He married Catharina Maria Gercken, and they had a daughter, Celle. He served as the conductor of the French Theatre in Berlin from 1776-1780. From 1786-1787 he was the Kapellmeister of Prince Henry in Rheinsberg. He began writing operas in 1785 and became musical director of the Berlin French theatre. Schulz went on to serve as Court Kapellmeister in Copenhagen from 1787-1795 before returning to Berlin. In Copenhagen the music library burned down, and he had a breakdown in health from trying to save it. His health suffered further from the effects of a shipwreck he experienced in 1796. Schulz wrote seven operas, stage music, oratorios, and cantatas, as well as piano pieces, folk songs, and church music. He also wrote articles on music theory for Johann Georg Sulzer’s ‘Allgemeine Theorie der schonen Kunste’ in four volumes. He died at Schwedt an der Oder, Germany. John Perry