MARLBOROUGH (Sullivan)

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MARLBOROUGH (Sullivan)

Arranger: Arthur Sullivan
Published in 16 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Choral
	Brightest and Best of the Stars of the M…

Arranger: 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 >

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Tune Information

Title:	MARLBOROUGH (Sullivan)
Arranger:	Arthur Sullivan
Meter:	11.10.11.10
Incipit:	33333 56544 33117
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning

O King of saints, we give Thee praise and glory

O King of saints, we give Thee praise and glory
For the bright cloud of witnesses unseen,
Whose names shine forth like stars, in sacred story,
Guiding our steps to realms of light serene;

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Still, Still with Thee

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