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O Lord our Lord, how excellent

Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: Prose Psalms Scripture: Psalm 8 Used With Tune: [O Lord our Lord, how excellent] (Woodward)

[O Lord our Lord, how excellent] (Woodward)

Appears in 37 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. Woodward, 1744 - 1777 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 56712 32117 1 Used With Text: O Lord our Lord, how excellent

[O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth]

Appears in 322 hymnals Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 17122 32171 Used With Text: Chant No. 3

[O Lord our Lord, how excellent] (Goss)

Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Goss, 1800 - 1880 Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 13243 21171 Used With Text: O Lord our Lord, how excellent

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Hymnal: New Hymn and Tune Book #C3 (1889) First Line: O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth]

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth

Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #693b (1930) Topics: Prose Psalms Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth] WOODWARD

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth

Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #693c (1930) Topics: Prose Psalms Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth] MORNINGTON

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John Goss

1800 - 1880 Person Name: J. Goss, 1800 - 1880 Composer of "[O Lord our Lord, how excellent] (Goss)" in The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854). Bert Polman

William Tucker

1578 - 1678 Person Name: W. Tucker Composer of "[O Lord our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth]" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Tucker, Rev. William, was admitted priest and gentleman of the Chapel Royal and minor canon and precentor of Westminster Abbey in 1660. He composed some excellent church music, some of which is still extant. An anthem, 'O give thanks,' is printed in Page's 'Harmonia Sacra,' and is also included (with another) in the Tudway Collection (Harl. MS. 7339). A 'Benedicite' is in MS. in the library of the Royal College of Music, and a service and 6 anthems at Ely Cathedral. He appears also to have been copyist at the Chapel Royal. He died Feb. 28, 1678-9, and was buried March 1, in Westminster Abbey cloisters. Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889),, 1895, by Sir George Grove