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MAGDALEN COLLEGE

Composer: William Hayes (1774)
Published in 25 hymnals

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	O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art

Composer: William Hayes

William Hayes (26 January 1708 (baptised) – 27 July 1777) was an English composer, organist, singer and conductor. Hayes was born in Gloucester. He trained at Gloucester Cathedral and spent the early part of his working life as organist of St Mary’s, Shrewsbury (1729) and Worcester Cathedral (1731). The majority of his career was spent at Oxford where he was appointed organist of Magdalen College in 1734, and established his credentials with the degrees of B.Mus in 1735 and D.Mus in 1749. (He was painted by John Cornish in his doctoral robes around 1749.) In 1741 he was unanimously elected Professor of Music and organist of the University Church. He presided over the city’s concert life for the next 30 years, and was instrumental i… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	MAGDALEN COLLEGE
Composer:	William Hayes (1774)
Meter:	8.8.6 D
Incipit:	13516 44323 45671
Key:	C Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

We sing of God, the mighty source

Come, see the place where Jesus lay

Come, see the place where Jesus lay,
And hear angelic watchers say,
"He lives, Who once was slain:
Why seek the living 'midst the dead?
Remember how the Saviour said
That he would rise again."

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O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art

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