How beauteous on the mountains

How beauteous on the mountains

Author: Benjamin Gough
Tune: GREENLAND (Haydn)
Published in 43 hymnals

Author: Benjamin Gough

Born: 1805, South­bo­rough, Ton­bridge, Kent, Eng­land. Died: No­vem­ber 28, 1877, Wo­burn, Bed­ford­shire, Eng­land. Buried: Wo­burn Sands, Bed­ford­shire, Eng­land. A bus­i­ness­man and Meth­od­ist lay preach­er, Gough lived in Lon­don for some years. His works in­clude: Lyra Sab­ba­ti­ca (Lon­don: 1865) Kentish Lyr­ics (Lon­don: 1867) Hymns of Pray­er and Praise (Lon­don: 1875) Songs from the Wood­lands, and Other Po­ems (Lon­don: 1872) Protestant Hymns and Songs for the Mill­ion (Lon­don: 1878) Christmas Car­ols and New Year’s Songs (Lon­don, un­dat­ed) ---hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >

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First Line: How beauteous on the mountains
Author: Benjamin Gough
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GREENLAND (Haydn)

GREENLAND, an example of the popular nineteenth-century practice of creating hymn tunes from the works of classical composers, is thought to be originally from one of J. Michael Haydn's (PHH 67) "Deutschen Kirchen Messen." The tune acquired its title from its occasional association with the text "Fr…

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