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[Chant] (Ayrton 51436)

Composer: Edmund Ayrton

Edmund Ayrton, born at Ripon, England, in 1734, died in Westminster, London, May 22, 1808. Organist, pupil of Dr. Nares. He was elected, when quite young, organist of the collegiate church of Southwell; became in 1764 a gentelman of the Chapel Royal, and soon after vicar-choral at St. Paul's, and one of the lay clerks of Westminster Abbey. In 1780, on the resignation of Dr. Nares, he was appointed master of the children of His Majesty's chapels, which post he held until 1805. He received the degree of Mus. Doc. from the University of Cambridge in 1784, and was afterwards ad eundum by the University of Oxford. he was given this for his anthem, Begin unto my God this timbrels, which was performed in st. Paul's Cathedral, July 28, 1784, the da… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Chant] (Ayrton 51436)
Composer: Edmund Ayrton
Incipit: 51436 54323 43
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Church Hymnary #642a

The Church Hymnary #642a
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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #C38

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #C38
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