SOUTHWELL (Irons)

SOUTHWELL (Irons)

Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons (1861)
Published in 92 hymnals


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Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons

Born: January 19, 1834, Canterbury, Kent, England. Died: June 29, 1905, Nottingham, England. Irons was a nephew of the brothers Stephen & George Elvey. He became a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under T. E. Jones. After studying music under Stephen Elvey at Oxford, he was appointed organist at St. Columba’s College, a large public school at Rathfarnham, near Dublin, Ireland. He stayed there only a few months before being offered the position of organist at Southwell Minister. From Southwell, he went to Chester as assistant organist to Frederic Gunton. Three years later, he accepted an appointment at St. Andrew’s Church, Nottingham, where he remained until his death. --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: SOUTHWELL (Irons)
Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons (1861)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 13351 16551 32225
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 151

Organ Solo

  • Chorale Prelude (Theme and Variations) on Hymn Tune "Irons"
    Composer/Editor Herbert Grieb
    Published By: G. Schirmer, Inc. (1957) pp. 3

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1250
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #2618
Text: How Sad Our State by Nature Is!
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #4556
Text: Now Let Our Cheerful Eyes Survey
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Worship and Rejoice #636
Text: Heal Me, Hands of Jesus
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (XML)
  • Bulletin Score (XML)
  • Full Score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 18 of 18)
Text

Ancient and Modern #684

Text

Chalice Hymnal #504

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1250

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Common Praise #481

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #339

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CPWI Hymnal #394

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CPWI Hymnal #401

Hymns and Psalms #475

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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #247

Text

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #457a

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #569

Audio

Small Church Music #1916

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #427

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2618

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4556

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #P126b

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #R66c

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Worship and Rejoice #636

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