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RHOSYMEDRE

Composer: John David Edwards

Welsh composer; bardic name Penrhiwceibr. John David Edwards (b. Penderlwyngoch, Cardiganshire, Wales, 1805; d. Llanddoget, Denbighshire, North Wales, 1885) was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, England, and ordained an Anglican priest in 1833. He served parishes in Rhosymedre and Llanddoget and published a collection of hymn tunes, Original Sacred Music (2 vols., 1836, 1843), for use in Anglican churches in Wales. Bert Polman Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: RHOSYMEDRE
Composer: John David Edwards (1840)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.8
Incipit: 51122 31443 21511
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

John David Edwards (b. Penderlwyngoch, Cardiganshire, Wales, 1805; d. Llanddoget, Denbighshire, North Wales, 1885) was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, England, and ordained an Anglican priest in 1833. He served parishes in Rhosymedre and Llanddoget and published a collection of hymn tunes, Original Sacred Music (2 vols., 1836, 1843), for use in Anglican churches in Wales.

RHOSYMEDRE was published in the 1836 collection. The tune's title is derived from the Welsh parish where Edwards was pastor for some years after 1843. In Wales this tune is associated with Easter and is thought of as a jubilant hymn tune. Outside of Wales, however, it often receives a more devotional treatment.

RHOSYMEDRE is characterized by mainly stepwise motion and by repeated tones. It is a bar form tune (AAB). Sing this fine harmonization in parts. Use firm accompaniment, and play at a moderate pace.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Laudes Domini Volume 1: 10 Hymn Introductions & Harmonizations for Organ
    Composer/Editor Gerald Near
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2010) pp. 24, 28
  • The Creative Use of the Piano in Worship: The Creative Church Musucian Series - Volume 8
    Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2008) pp. 150-151
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 7: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 640 - 704
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; David M. Lasky
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 640
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 7: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 640 - 704
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; J. Bert Carlson
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 640
  • 120 More Musical Gifts Part 7 Series Two: Variations on Hymn Tunes - Rendez a Dieu to Were You There
    Composer/Editors Adrienne Tindall; Cornel Radulescu
    Published By: Darcey Press (2006) pp. 564, 571, 577
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 133
  • Let It Rip! At the Piano: Congregational Song Accompaniments
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Eric Vollen
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2000) pp. 148
  • Easy Hymn Accompaniments for Organ or Piano: Set III
    Composer/Editor Edward H. Myer
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1996) pp. 61
  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 135
  • Creative Hymn Accompaniments for Organ: Volume 2
    Composer/Editor Gerhard Krapf
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1994) pp. 22
  • Hymn Descants Set 4: With C and B flat Instrument Parts
    Composer/Editor Stanley Drummond Wolff
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1994) pp. 22
  • Hymn Harmonizations Set 3
    Composer/Editor Edmund Shay
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1994) pp. LL
  • Hymn Preludes and Free Accompaniments 23
    Composer/Editor Thomas L. Weitzel
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1994) pp. LL
  • Varied Hymn Accompaniments LENT: Varied Accompaniments for Fifteen Hymns
    Composer/Editor Paul O. Manz
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1992) pp. LL
  • Music Supplement: The United Methodist Hymnal
    Composer/Editor Gary Alan Smith
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1991) pp. 284
  • Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: Volume II
    Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
    Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1986) pp. 134
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 36: General: Pl - R
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Theodore Beck
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1985) pp. 31
  • Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: By Fifty American Composers
    Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
    Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 56
  • Twenty-Three Hymn Introductions Volume V: Opus 56
    Composer/Editor Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1984) pp. 33-34
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 9: Lent: Q - Z
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 11
  • Hymns for the Church Year: 68 Accompaniment Settings for Keyboard of the Hymns of the Day
    Composer/Editor Roger Petrich
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1980) pp. 21
  • Hymn Preludes and Free Accompaniments 1
    Composer/Editor Jan Bender
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1978) pp. LL
  • Organ Descants for Selected Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor G. Winston Cassler
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1972) pp. 14
  • Free Organ Accompaniments to Hymns: Volume III General Palm Sunday Easter
    Composer/Editor Paul O. Manz
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1966) pp. 8
  • Varied Hymn Accompaniments: Oxford Music for Organ
    Composer/Editor Henry Coleman
    Published By: Oxford University Press (1953) pp. 24-25

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Organ, Brass, and Voices

  • Festive Hymn Settings Based on Folk Hymns with Instruments Set 6
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2000) pp. 14

Organ Solo

  • My Song Is Love Unknown: Organ Music for Service and Recital
    Composer/Editor Brenda Portman
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (2022) pp. 35
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 44 Number 4 May June 2022 General, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Dennis Janzer
    Published By: Leupold Editions (2022) pp. 8
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 43 Number 4 May 2021 General, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Daniel Burton
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2021) pp. 5
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 42 Number 5 July 2020 General, Weddings, Patriotic, Communion: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Robert Lind
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2020) pp. 3
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 41 Number 4 May 2019 General, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Harold Rutz
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2019) pp. 3
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 81 Number 3 January February 2018: The Service Music Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Carson P. Cooman; Robert Hebble
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2018) pp. 8
  • The Organist's Library Volume 64
    Composer/Editor Robert Hebble
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2018) pp. 76
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 40 Number 2 January February 2018 General, Lent, Holy Week, Funerals: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; James G. Kantor
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2017) pp. 8
  • Hymn Prelude Library Volume Nine Tunes PQR: Lutheran Service Book
    Composer/Editor Kevin J. Hildebrand
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2016) pp. 80
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 78 Number 3 January February 2015: A Bi-monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Douglas E. Wagner; Gerhard Krapf
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2015) pp. 12
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 37 Number 2 January 2015 General, Lent, Holy Week, Funerals: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; George Lachenauer
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2015) pp. 8
  • The Organist's Library Volume 58
    Composer/Editor Gerhard Krapf
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2015) pp. 80
  • Hymn Tunes A to Z: 38 Organ Settings for Worship or Recital
    Composer/Editors Douglas E. Wagner; John D. Edwards
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2013) pp. 128
  • My Jesus, I Love Thee: Hymns of Introspection for Organ
    Composer/Editors James Southbridge; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2010) pp. 18
  • Easy Hymn Preludes for Organ Volume 7: Musica Sacra
    Composer/Editor Donald Busarow
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2009) pp. 38
  • Near the Cross: Holy Week Reflections for Organ
    Composer/Editor Robert Hebble
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2009) pp. 14
  • The Organist Volume 112 Number 6 January February 2009: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Tom Birchwood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2009) pp. 86
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 30 Number 4 May 2008 General, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Murray C. Bradshaw
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2008) pp. 4
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 42 Number 4 March April 2008: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Dale Wood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2008) pp. 9
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 42 Number 4 March April 2008: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Dale Wood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2008) pp. 9
  • The Ultimate Organ Book: For Weddings, Funerals & the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hal H. Hopson; Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2007) pp. 136
  • 120 More Musical Gifts Part 7 Series Two: Variations on Hymn Tunes - Rendez a Dieu to Were You There
    Composer/Editors Adrienne Tindall; Cornel Radulescu
    Published By: Darcey Press (2006) pp. 564-566, 568, 570-572, 574, 576-580, 582
  • The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender Volume 1: Chorale Preludes for Organ or Piano
    Composer/Editors Jan Bender; David Fienen
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 59-60
  • Augsburg Organ Library Lent
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2000) pp. 83
  • Wood Works for Lent and Easter: Organ Settings of General and Seasonal Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Dale Wood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2000) pp. 10
  • Glory To His Name!: Eight Hymn Tune Settings for Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter for Organ
    Composer/Editor Charles Yocum
    Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1998) pp. 16
  • Hymn Meditations for Organ Volume 1
    Composer/Editor Gerhard Krapf
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1997) pp. 28
  • Laudate! Volume 3: Organ Music Based on the 100 Most Popular Hymns in Worship III and Gather
    Composer/Editors James W. Kosnik; Keith Kolander
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1996) pp. 29
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 30 Number 4 March April 1996: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Juliet Calkins
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1996) pp. 21
  • In Quiet Joy: Nine Hymn Preludes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Darwin K. Wolford
    Published By: Warner Brothers Publications, Inc. (1995) pp. 22
  • The Organist Volume 98 Number 6 January 1995: A Bi-Monthly Publication for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1995) pp. 84
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 57 Number 1 September 1993: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1993) pp. 56
  • Those Wonderful Welsh Set 1: 6 Hymn Tune Settings
    Composer/Editor Wilbur C. Held
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1992) pp. 3
  • The Alice Jordan Collection Volume I: Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Alice Jordan
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1990) pp. 8
  • Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Published By: Galaxy Music Corporation (1990) pp. 6
  • Partita on Rhosymedre: Organ Solo Series
    Composer/Editor Patricia Nelson
    Published By: Douglas Publishing Company (1989) pp. 1
  • Simply Sacred for Organ
    Composer/Editor Darwin K. Wolford
    Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1989) pp. 20
  • Preludes SAC: Fifteen Organ Preludes for Church Services
    Composer/Editor Douglas Lemmon
    Published By: Jackman Music Corporation (1987) pp. 26
  • Organ Music for Lent and Easter
    Composer/Editor Raymond H. Haan
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1986) pp. 18-19, 21
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 36: General: Pl - R
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Theodore Beck
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1985) pp. 30
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 17 Number 4 March 1983: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1983) pp. 24
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 9: Lent: Q - Z
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 8-10
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 4 Number 4 June 1982 General, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Alice Jordan
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1982) pp. 12
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 16 Number 3 January 1982: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Fred B. Binckes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1982) pp. 51
  • The Sacred Organ Folio No. 24
    Composer/Editor Fred B. Binckes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1981) pp. 51
  • The Sacred Organ Folio No. 27
    Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1977) pp. 24
  • 5 Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Theodore Beck
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1976) pp. 6
  • Twelve Hymn Settings for Organ
    Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
    Published By: Schmitt Music Centers (1976) pp. 16
  • Preludes for the Hymns in Worship Supplement Volume IV: General Nos. 767 - 793
    Composer/Editor Paul Thomas
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1973) pp. 25
  • Preludes on Contemporary Hymns
    Composer/Editor Alec Wyton
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1972) pp. 22
  • Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Published By: Masters Music Publications, Inc. (1920) pp. 6
  • Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Published By: Masters Music Publications, Inc. (1920) pp. 6
  • Three Preludes for Organ on Welsh Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Published By: Galaxy Music Corporation (1920) pp. 6

Piano Solo

  • The Church Pianist Volume 36 Number 6 July August 2020: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Larry Shackley; Tracey Craig McKibben
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2020) pp. 2
  • Hymn Miniatures for Piano
    Composer/Editor John Carter
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2016) pp. 50
  • Two-stanza, Hymn-based Voluntaries: For the Church Pianist
    Composer/Editor J. Bruce Ashton
    Published By: J. Bruce Ashton (2015) pp. 26
  • Hymn Contemplations for Pianists Volume 2
    Composer/Editor J. Bruce Ashton
    Published By: J. Bruce Ashton (2009) pp. 17

Piano and Organ Duet

Instruments: Instrumental Solo with Organ

  • With Music Crowned: Chorale Settings for Organ and Instruments
    Composer/Editor Donald Busarow
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2009) pp. 42

Instruments: Organ and Two Instruments

  • Six Compositions for Two Instruments & Organ
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2000) pp. 20

Instruments: Flute and Keyboard

  • Three Preludes for the Paschal Season: Flute, Keyboard
    Composer/Editor Mathew H. Corl
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2007) pp. 3

Voices: Organ, Brass, and Voices

  • Festive Hymn Settings Based on Folk Hymns with Instruments Set 6
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2000) pp. 14

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