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SHEPHERDS (Sullivan)

Composer: 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: SHEPHERDS (Sullivan)
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Meter: D. C. M.
Incipit: 55653 45425 17675
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

There Is a Land of Pure Delight

Hosanna! Raise the Pealing Hymn

Hosanna! Raise the pealing hymn
To David's Son and Lord:
With cherubim and seraphim,
Exalt the Incarnate Word.

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Hymns of the Church #487a

Hymns of the Church #487a
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Missionary Hymnal #95

Missionary Hymnal #95
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New Manual of Praise #544

New Manual of Praise #544
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New Manual of Praise #545

New Manual of Praise #545
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New Manual of Praise #605

New Manual of Praise #605
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New Manual of Praise #606

New Manual of Praise #606
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New Manual of Praise #607

New Manual of Praise #607
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Pilgrim Songs #130

Pilgrim Songs #130
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The Children's Hymnal #184

The Children's Hymnal #184
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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #54b

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #54b
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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #559

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #559
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