Tune: OPTATUS VOTIS OMNIUM

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OPTATUS VOTIS OMNIUM

Composer: Anonymous; Harmonizer: George R. Woodward, 1848-1934 (alt.)
Published in 6 hymnals

Composer: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Harmonizer: George R. Woodward, 1848-1934

Educated at Caius College in Cambridge, England, George R. Woodward (b. Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, 1848; d. Highgate, London, England, 1934) was ordained in the Church of England in 1874. He served in six parishes in London, Norfolk, and Suffolk. He was a gifted linguist and translator of a large number of hymns from Greek, Latin, and German. But Woodward's theory of translation was a rigid one–he held that the translation ought to reproduce the meter and rhyme scheme of the original as well as its contents. This practice did not always produce singable hymns; his translations are therefore used more often today as valuable resources than as congregational hymns. With Charles Wood he published three series of The Cowley Carol Book (19… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	OPTATUS VOTIS OMNIUM
Composer:	Anonymous
Harmonizer:	George R. Woodward, 1848-1934 (alt.)
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Incipit:	17665 53532 21113
Key:	C Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The coming of our God, Our thoughts must now employ

Within the Father's House

Prepare a Room for Me

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

An Organist's Book of Hymns: The Liturgical Year: 3 Part Hymns and Chorale Preludes
Composer/Editor Noel Jones
Published By: Frog Music (2014) pp. 140

Organ Solo

The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 35 Number 2 November December 2000: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Mark Barnard; James Mansfield
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2000) pp. 14
The Organ Portfolio Volume 54 Number 1 October 1990: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; C
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1990) pp. 38
Organ Music for Christmas Volume II: Seventeen Short Pieces (Manuals Only)
Composer/Editor C. H. Trevor
Published By: Oxford University Press (1960) pp. 12
The Parish Organist Part Five: Advent and Christmas Music
Composer/Editor Erich Goldschmidt
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1955) pp. 42
The Parish Organist Part Six: Christmas and Epiphany Music
Composer/Editors Erich Goldschmidt; Nicolas Leb
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1955) pp. 40