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INVITATION (Hastings)

Composer: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: INVITATION (Hastings)
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Meter: 8.6.8.6.4
Incipit: 53215 61655 67124
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

"Return, return!"

Return, O wanderer, to thy home,
Thy Father calls for thee;
No longer now an exile roam
In guilt and misery:
Return, return.

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1444
Text: Father Supreme, by Whom We Live
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The Cyber Hymnal #6935
Text: 'Tis Thine Alone, Almighty Name
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The Cyber Hymnal #12134
Text: See, From On High, A Light Divine
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  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
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The Cyber Hymnal #1444

The Cyber Hymnal #1444
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The Cyber Hymnal #6935

The Cyber Hymnal #6935
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The Cyber Hymnal #12134

The Cyber Hymnal #12134
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