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ARRAN

ARRAN

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1864)
Published in 6 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842­-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music Sy… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ARRAN
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1864)
Meter: 6.6.6.6
Incipit: 51217 13217 6517
Key: F Major
Source: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns by Charles Kemble (London: John F. Shaw, 1864)
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #9241
Text: The Day Of The Lord
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #10106
Text: Once To Our World There Came
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #11883
Text: Go Up, Go Up, My Heart
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #9241

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #10106

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #11883

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #T168

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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