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Hark! What Sounds are Sweetly Stealing?
Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 18 hymnals Matching Instances: 18 First Line: Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing Lyrics: 1 Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing,
Soft through Bethlehem’s midnight air?
Louder yet, and louder pealing,
Angel accents sure are there.
2 See! a light from heaven is streaming,
Night and darkness quit the plain;
See! an angel brightly beaming,
Followed by a radiant train.
3 "Fear not, shepherds! glad my story,
Tidings of the greatest joy:
Christ is born, the Lord of Glory!
I proclaim a Saviour nigh."
4 Thus the angel, then ascending,
Seeks again the realms of light;
Now the chorus faintly ending,
All is silence, all is night.
Amen. Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: ST. OSWALD
Hark! What Sounds are Sweetly Stealing?
HOLY VOICES
Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 10 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Incipit: 55135 65533 433 Used With Text: Hark, what sounds are sweetly stealing
HOLY VOICES
ST. OSWALD
Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 219 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: John Bacchus Dykes, Mus. Doc., 1823-1876 Incipit: 53617 65311 23565 Used With Text: Hark! What Sounds are Sweetly Stealing?
ST. OSWALD
Hark! What Sounds Are Sweetly Stealing?
Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2173 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 First Line: Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing Refrain First Line: Glory, glory, peace and mercy Lyrics: 1. Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing
Soft through Bethlehem’s midnight air?
Louder yet, and louder pealing,
Angel accents sure are there.
Refrain
Glory, glory, peace and mercy,
Peace on earth, good will to men.
2. See! a light from Heaven is streaming,
Night and darkness quit the plain;
See! an angel brightly beaming,
Followed by a radiant train. [Refrain]
3. Fear not, shepherds! glad my story,
Tidings of the greatest joy:
Christ is born, the Lord of Glory!
I proclaim a Savior nigh. [Refrain]
4. Thus the angel, then ascending,
Seeks again the realms of light;
Now the chorus faintly ending,
All is silence, all is night. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: HARVAT
Hark! What Sounds Are Sweetly Stealing?
Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing
Hymnal: A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. #534 (1893) Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing]
Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing
Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing
Hymnal: The Sunday-School Hymnal and Service Book (Ed. A) #490 (1887) Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing]
Hark! what sounds are sweetly stealing
J. Sebastian B. Hodges
1830 - 1915 Person Name: John Sebastian Bach Hodges, 1830-1915 Composer of "HARVAT" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: 1830, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Died: May 1, 1915, Baltimore, Maryland.
Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Son of composer Edward Hodges, John emigrated to America in 1845, and attended Columbia University and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Ordained an Episcopal minister in 1854, he served at the Grace/Second Episcopal Church, Newark, New Jersey (1860-70), and was Rector of St. Paul’s, Baltimore, Maryland, for 35 years. His works include:
The Book of Common Praise, 1869
The revised edition of Hymn Tunes, 1903
--www.hymntime.com/tch
J. Sebastian B. Hodges
Anonymous
Author of "Hark! What Sounds Are Sweetly Stealing?" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: John Bacchus Dykes, Mus. Doc., 1823-1876 Composer of "ST. OSWALD" in Hymnal and Order of Service As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
