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BEDFORD (Wheal)

Composer: William Wheal

William Wheal (Weale) c. 1690-1727 was the organist at St. Paul's, Bedford. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Music from Cambridge in 1719. The tune BEDFORD appeared in the "Psalm Singer's Magazine" of 1729, but it was probably first published earlier. It appears in The Divine Musick Scholars Guide by Francis Timbrell, which has an unknown date of publication, but copies found in personal libraries have dates beginning in 1723. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Musical Times" Vol. 49, #781 (Mar. 1, 1908) pp. 165-169 Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: BEDFORD (Wheal)
Composer: William Wheal (1720)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 53165 43251 76653
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • 150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 18
  • Nine Easy Hymn Preludes and Hymn Settings - Book Two: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Edward H. Meyer
    Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1997) pp. 22
  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 20
  • Nineteen Hymn Introductions- Musica Sacra: For the Organ
    Composer/Editor James Engel
    Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1985) pp. 24
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 5

Organ Solo

  • Nine Easy Hymn Preludes and Hymn Settings - Book Two: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Edward H. Meyer
    Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1997) pp. 20
  • The Times of Worship Volume One: The Time of Christmas: Settings of Twenty-one Hymns for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany for Organ alone or for Organ and Narrator
    Composer/Editor Richard Hudson
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (1997) pp. 54
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 12 Number 3 January 1978: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Joanne S. Buck; Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1978) pp. 58
  • The Sacred Organ Folio No. 16
    Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1977) pp. 58
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 5
  • Twelve Studies on Old English Hymn-Tunes - Book III Third Set: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Clement Charlton Palmer
    Published By: W. Paxton & Co. Ltd. (1927) pp. 8
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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #906
Text: Come, Let Our Souls Adore the Lord
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The Cyber Hymnal #3654
Text: Let Every Tongue Thy Goodness Speak
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The Cyber Hymnal #4996
Text: O Help Us Lord, Each Hour of Need
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The Cyber Hymnal #6288
Text: Spirit of Truth, on This Thy Day
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The Cyber Hymnal #7533
Text: With Songs and Honors Sounding Loud
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The Cyber Hymnal #7825
Text: Ye Who the Name of Jesus Bear
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The Cyber Hymnal #10613
Text: If God is mine, then present things
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The Cyber Hymnal #14030
Text: Jésus Mon Fort Et Mon Rocher
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  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
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Instances

Instances (1 - 25 of 25)

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #598

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #598
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CPWI Hymnal #487

CPWI Hymnal #487
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CPWI Hymnal #488

CPWI Hymnal #488
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CPWI Hymnal #771a

CPWI Hymnal #771a
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CPWI Hymnal #780b

CPWI Hymnal #780b

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #610

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #610

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #570

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #570
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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #35

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #35
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Small Church Music #1350

Small Church Music #1350
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Small Church Music #3543

Small Church Music #3543
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The Cyber Hymnal #906

The Cyber Hymnal #906
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The Cyber Hymnal #3654

The Cyber Hymnal #3654
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The Cyber Hymnal #4996

The Cyber Hymnal #4996
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The Cyber Hymnal #6288

The Cyber Hymnal #6288
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The Cyber Hymnal #7533

The Cyber Hymnal #7533
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The Cyber Hymnal #7825

The Cyber Hymnal #7825
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The Cyber Hymnal #10613

The Cyber Hymnal #10613
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The Cyber Hymnal #14030

The Cyber Hymnal #14030
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The Hymnal 1982 #257

The Hymnal 1982 #257
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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P138a

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P138a
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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P138b

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P138b
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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P18b

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P18b
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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P18c

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P18c
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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #R56a

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #R56a
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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #R56b

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #R56b
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