| Short Name: | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe |
| Full Name: | LaTrobe, Christian Ignatius, 1758-1836 |
| Birth Year: | 1758 |
| Death Year: | 1836 |
Born: February 12, 1758, Fulneck (near Leeds), Yorkshire, England.
Died: May 6, 1836, Liverpool, England.
La Trobe, Christian Ignatius, eldest son of Benjamin La Trobe, was born at the Moravian Settlement, Fulneck, Leeds, Yorkshire, Feb. 12, 1758, and educated in England and at the Brethren's College, Niesky, Silesia. Taking orders in the Moravian Church, he became in 1784 Secretary to their Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, and in 1795 Secretary to the Unity of the Brethren in England. He died at Fairfield, near Liverpool, May 6, 1836. He is best known through his Selection of Sacred Music, in six volumes, which appeared in 1806-25. His hymnological contributions consist of a few translations from the German. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Tunes by Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (7) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANT FOR THE ORDINATION OF DEACONS | Rev. C. I. La Trobe, 1758-1836 (Composer) | 2 | |
| SAVANNAH | Latrobe (Composer) | 3 | 55432 12325 54321 |
| FULNECK | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Composer) | 3 | 15123 43367 1765 |
| INVITATION (Latrobe) | Christian Ignatius Latrobe (Composer) | 1 | 53615 43234 56655 |
| JUDGMENT (LaTrobe) | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Composer) | 11 | 55113 12132 17665 |
| LA TROBE (LaTrobe) | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Composer) | 9 | 55112 23317 5465 |
| NEWTON (La Trobe) | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Composer) | 2 | 54362 43222 56765 |
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