Tune: SOMERSET HILLS

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SOMERSET HILLS

Composer: Lee Hastings Bristol
Published in 2 hymnals

Composer: Lee Hastings Bristol

Born: 1923, Brooklyn, New York. Died: 1979, Syracuse, New York. Bristol was educated at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York (BA); Trinity College of Music, London (organ studies); and the Institute for International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (graduate studies). He worked in New York for the Bristol-Meyers Company (the family business) in advertising and public relations, 1948-62. From 1962-69, he served as president of Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey. In 1972, the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada made him a fellow of the society. His works include: The Lamb and Other Carol… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	SOMERSET HILLS
Composer:	Lee Hastings Bristol
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Incipit:	13456 34517 56345
Source:	Adapted from an anthem O God Beneath Thy Guiding Hand
Copyright:	1956 by the H. W. Gray Co., Inc.

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Texts

All Things Are Thine

Lord of the home, thine only Son

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

The Bristol Collection of Contemporary Hymn Tune Preludes for Organ Volume Three
Composer/Editors Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr.; Gerre Edward Hancock
Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1975) pp. 27
The Bristol Collection of Contemporary Hymn Tune Preludes for Organ Volume One
Composer/Editors Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr.; Ronald Arnatt
Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1973) pp. 15