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EVER FAITHFUL

EVER FAITHFUL

Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Published in 16 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF
Audio files: Recording

Composer: Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army band­master and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: EVER FAITHFUL
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 11223 42321 76655
Source: Origin Unknown
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 16 of 16)
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Church Hymns #303

Esperanta Himnaro #6b

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #824

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Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #31

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Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #601

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Small Church Music #6208

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Sunday-School Book #43

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The Church Hymnary #17b

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The Congregational Mission Hymnal #7a

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The Hymnal for Schools #45

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The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #668a

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #7a

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The Institute Hymnal #33

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #18

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The Packer Hymnal #45

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The Y.M.C.A. Hymnal #5a

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