SALVE FESTA DIES (Vaughan Williams)

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SALVE FESTA DIES (Vaughan Williams)

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Published in 73 hymnals

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	Hail Thee, Festival Day

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	Hail Thee, Festival Day

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence i… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	SALVE FESTA DIES (Vaughan Williams)
Composer:	Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter:	Irregular
Incipit:	15432 13217 12765
Key:	F Major
Copyright:	From the English Hymnal, 1906. Used by permission of Oxford University Press.

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Hail Thee, Festival Day

Hail Thee, Festival Day

Christians, Lift Up Your Hearts

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SALVE FESTA DIES (Plainsong)

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Notes

Ralph Vaughan Williams (PHH 316) composed SALVE FESTA DIES as a setting for Venantius H. Fortunatus's (PHH 400) famous text "Hail Thee, Festival Day." The tune, whose title comes from the opening words of that text, was published in The English Hymnal of 1906.

Like SINE NOMINE (505), this tune is vigorous and jubilant with a rhythmic energy characteristic of Vaughan Williams's hymn tunes. Its broad dimensions and use of triplets may appear formidable, but it is a glorious tune that can be sung in unison by congregations who have good choral and organ leadership. Try singing antiphonally with a choir of children or adults singing the stanzas and the entire congregation singing the refrain. Note how Vaughan Williams has neatly steered the stanzas right back into the refrain without a pause. Accompany with a sense of majesty and strength.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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Timeline

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Piano/Organ Thine the Glory - Organ Music for Lent and Easter Hail Thee, Festival Day Three Hymns of Praise, Set 5 More Piano/Organ...
Choral Hail Thee, Festival Day - (Choral Score) More Choral...
Handbells The Cross, The Grave, The Skies! (Reproducible Handbell Settings of Classic Hymn Tunes for Lent and Easter) The Cross, The Grave, The Skies! (Reproducible Handbell Settings of Classic Hymn Tunes for Lent and Easter) More Handbells...
PowerPoint HAIL THEE, FESTIVAL DAY - Lead Line (United Methodist 324) More PowerPoint...

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Thirty-Three Hymn Descants and Melodies for All Seasons
Composer/Editor Patricia D. Backhaus
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2015) pp. 37
Hymn Miniatures: 28 Practical Settings for the Church's Year
Composer/Editor Rebecca Groom Te Velde
Published By: Oxford University Press (2008) pp. 34
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 3: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 361-441
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; James Biery
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2008) pp. 394
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 3: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 361 - 441
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; Aaron David Miller
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2008) pp. 394
Introductions, Harmonizations, Accompaniments, Interpretations Volume 5: Settings by Jeffrey Blersch
Composer/Editor Jeffrey N. Blersch
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2008) pp. 18
The St. Francis Collection of Free Accompaniments to Hymn Tunes: 80 Settings by Various Composers
Composer/Editors Dirk van Dissel; Christopher Dearnley
Published By: G. I. A. Publications, Inc. (2005) pp. 94
The Creative Use of the Organ in Worship
Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2000) pp. 147
The Creative Use of Descants in Worship: The Creative Church Musician Series / Volume 3
Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1999) pp. 97
Saint Mark's Organ Book: Introductions, Reharmonizations and Organ Descants for Ten Hymns
Composer/Editor Joel Martinson
Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1993) pp. 12
22 Hymn Settings
Composer/Editor Richard Heschke
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1990) pp. 22
Basic Hymn Accompaniments Volume II: Lent - Easter - Pentecost
Composer/Editor Thomas R. Pearce
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1988) pp. 20
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 11: Easter: M - Z
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Kenneth T. Kosche
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 24, 27
48 Hymn Decants for Festive and General Use: By Various Composers
Composer/Editor Scott S. Withrow
Published By: G. I. A. Publications, Inc. (1980) pp. 21

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trombone Counter-melody

61 Trombone Hymns & Counter-Melodies Volume 2
Composer/Editor Douglas Smith
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1981) pp. 20

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trumpet Descant

61 Trumpet Hymns & Descants Volume 2
Composer/Editor Douglas Smith
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1980) pp. 20

Organ Solo

Songs of Alleluia: 18 Short Hymn Settings for Eastaer
Composer/Editor Edwin T. Childs
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2021) pp. 18
Lift Your Hearts: Organ Settings on the Hymnody of Vaughan Williams
Composer/Editor Douglas E. Wagner
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2019) pp. 14
The Organ Portfolio Volume 82 Number 5 May June 2019: The Service Music Anthology for the Church Organist
Composer/Editors Carson Cooman; Douglas E. Wagner
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2019) pp. 24
The Organist's Library Volume 67
Composer/Editor Douglas E. Wagner
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2019) pp. 58
Hymn Prelude Library Volume Ten Tunes S: Lutheran Service Book
Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Robert J. Powell
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2016) pp. 76
Let All that Hath Breath: An Organ Album for the 50th Anniversary of the Association of Anglican Musicians
Composer/Editor Dorothy J. Papadakos
Published By: Selah Publishing Company, Inc. (2016) pp. 20
Glory of the Easter Feast: Organ Settings for the Season
Composer/Editor Franklin D. Ashdown
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2014) pp. 32
Hymn Miniatures: 28 Practical Settings for the Church's Year
Composer/Editor Rebecca Groom Te Velde
Published By: Oxford University Press (2008) pp. 34
I Sing the Almighty Power of God Vol I: Organ Voluntaries on the Hymn Tunes of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer/Editors Robert Lind; Ralph Vaughan Williams
Published By: Paraclete Press (2008) pp. 30
Hail Thee, Festival Day: Five Hymn Settings for Organ
Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2006) pp. 6
Thine the Glory: Accessible Organ Music for Lent and Easter
Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2005) pp. 32
The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 37 Number 4 March April 2003: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Mark Barnard; Richard Blake
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 8
The Philadelphia Organ Book: Six Short Pieces for the Church Year
Composer/Editor Dorothy J. Papadakos
Published By: Theodore Presser Company (2002) pp. 23
Worship the King: Six Short Pieces for the Church Year
Composer/Editor Dorothy J. Papadakos
Published By: Theodore Presser Company (2002) pp. 23
Five for Christmas
Composer/Editor Raymond H. Haan
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1999) pp. 3
Partita on Salve fest dies "Hail Thee, Festival Day": For Organ
Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 2
Partita on Salve feste dies Hall Thee, Festival Day
Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 2
3 Hymns of Praise Set 5
Composer/Editor Robert A. Hobby
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1998) pp. 10
Laudate! Volume 4: Organ Music Based on the 100 Most Popular Hymns in Worship III and Gather
Composer/Editors James W. Kosnik; Mary Beth Bennett
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1997) pp. 65
Interpretations Based on Hymn-Tunes Book XI: For Organ
Composer/Editor David M. Cherwien
Published By: Summa Productions (1994) pp. 8
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 11: Easter: M - Z
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Kenneth T. Kosche
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 22, 25

Piano Solo

The Church Pianist Volume 8 Number 4 March April 1992: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Ralph Vaughan Williams
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1992) pp. 14

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