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LIGHT OF THE NATIONS

LIGHT OF THE NATIONS

Composer: Gottlob Siegert
Published in 15 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Gottlob Siegert

May 17, 1789, Erns­dorf bei Reich­en­bach, Si­le­sia, Prus­sia (now Dzier­żon­iów, Po­land). Jan­u­ary 1, 1868, Breslau (now Wro­cław, Po­land). From around 1802–10 Sie­gert was dis­cant­ist at St. Bern­hard­in Church in Wro­cław, and a short time later al­to­ist at the lo­cal the­a­ter. He be­came cantor at St. Bern­hard­in in 1812, and was ap­point­ed Roy­al Prus­sian Mu­sic Di­rect­or in 1847. In ad­di­tion to com­pos­ing, Sie­gert was ev­ident­ly an am­a­teur bo­tan­ist. © The Cyber Hymmnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: LIGHT OF THE NATIONS
Composer: Gottlob Siegert
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 13143 21231 5132
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Two Christmas Hymns for Organ: Settings by J. Wayne Kerr
    Composer/Editor J. Wayne Kerr
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 5
  • Selected Solos for Pipe Organ
    Composer/Editor Henry J. Markworth
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1935) pp. 5
  • Selected Solos for Pipe Organ Book 2
    Composer/Editor Henry J. Markworth
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1935) pp. 5
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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #12359
Text: Behold! Behold! What Wonders Here!
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
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Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #12359

The Cyber Hymnal #12359
Include 14 pre-1979 instances
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