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HINGHAM (Holyoke)

HINGHAM (Holyoke)

Composer: Samuel Holyoke
Published in 7 hymnals


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Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Samuel Holyoke

Samuel Holyoke, American composer and teacher of vocal and instrumental music, was the son of Rev. Elizur Holyoke and Hannah Peabody. He was born on 15 October 1762 in Boxford, Massachusetts, in Essex County, and died on 7 February 1820, Concord, New Hampshire, in Merrimack County. He was a Congregationalist and a Mason, and never married. After preparatory training at at Phillips Academy, Andover Holyoke matriculated at Harvard College in 1786. The source of his musical training is unknown, but he was composed music before he graduated from Harvard in 1789. In 1789-1790, he contributed four secular compositions to Isaiah Thomas’s Massachusetts Magazine. A prolific composer, he composed some 700 pieces, including psalm tunes and anthem… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: HINGHAM (Holyoke)
Composer: Samuel Holyoke
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 11214 33223 45654
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Library Volume 34
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 62
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 66 Number 1 September October 2002: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2002) pp. 62
  • In Quiet Remembrance: Organ Music for Funerals
    Composer/Editors Geoffrey R. Lorenz; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1979) pp. 17
  • Hymns in Classic Style
    Composer/Editor Donald P. Hustad
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1978) pp. 15
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 41 Number 6 August 1978: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Lani Smith; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1978) pp. 35
  • Gospel Hymn Devotions - Number Two: Fourteen Transcriptions for Organ - Standard or Spinet Keyboards
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1971) pp. 22
  • The Organist Volume 73 Number 6 January 1970: A Bi-monthly Magazine for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Roger C. Wilson; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1970) pp. 3
  • The Organist's Collection of: Favorite Gospel Songs Number 2
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1970) pp. 6
  • The Amateur Organist Number 53: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1969) pp. 3
  • The Chapel Organist Volume One: Easy Arrangements for the Amateur Organist
    Composer/Editor Norman Johnson
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1965) pp. 27

Piano Solo

  • My Faith Looks Up: Hymns That Lift the Spirit
    Composer/Editor Jolene Boyd
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (2012) pp. 23
  • Piano Preludes & Postludes: 10 Elegant Settings of Timeless Hymns
    Composer/Editor Tom Fettke
    Published By: Alfred Music Publishing Company, Inc. (2004) pp. 1
  • To Trust in Jesus: Piano Arrangements by Don Phillips
    Composer/Editor Don Phillips
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2000) pp. 18
  • For Today and Always: 32 Songs of the Faith arranged for Piano
    Composer/Editor W. Elmo Mercer
    Published By: Benson Music Group, Inc. (1994) pp. 2
  • The Church Pianist Volume 5 Number 5 May 1989: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editor Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 10
  • Praise Him!: A Collection for the Piano
    Composer/Editor Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1987) pp. 18
  • The Church Pianist Volume 3 Number 1 September 1986: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Edward Broughton
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1986) pp. 25
  • Piano Preludes & Postludes
    Composer/Editors Geoffrey R. Lorenz; Don Wyrtzen
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1984) pp. 1
  • Quiet Time Piano Volume One The Hymns: Simply Beautiful Arrangements for Private Moments of Inspiration & Relaxation
    Composer/Editor Dick Bolks
    Published By: Jolica Music (1984) pp. 28
  • All-Time Gospel Favorites for Piano
    Composer/Editor Geoffrey R. Lorenz
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1972) pp. 12
  • Songs of the Spirit: Easy Hymn Arrangements for Piano
    Composer/Editor Don Wyrtzen
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1969) pp. 18
  • The Crusade Pianist Book 2
    Composer/Editor Tedd Smith
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1963) pp. 11
  • George Beverly Shea's Album of Sacred Songs: For Voice and Piano with Guitar Chords and Ukulele Diagrams
    Composer/Editor George Beverly Shea
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1955) pp. 20

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Psalms and Hymns: Piano and Organ Duets by Ron Boud
    Composer/Editor Ron Boud
    Published By: Church Street Music (1999) pp. 26
  • Gospel Hymn Duets for Organ and Piano : Volume Four
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1982) pp. 22
  • Norman Clayton's Piano Organ Duets
    Composer/Editor Norman J. Clayton
    Published By: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company (1970) pp. 17

Voices: Vocal Solo

  • George Beverly Shea's Album of Sacred Songs: Favorites of America's Beloved Gospel Singer
    Composer/Editor George Beverly Shea
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1955) pp. 20

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3742
Text: Life Is the Time to Serve the Lord
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  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
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Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #3742

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