[There is singing up in Heaven]

[There is singing up in Heaven]

Composer: John Robson Sweney
Published in 17 hymnals


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Composer: John Robson Sweney

John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregati… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [There is singing up in Heaven]
Composer: John Robson Sweney
Incipit: 12355 65321 33221
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Chapel Organist Volume 3: Easy Arrangements for the Amateur Organist
    Composer/Editor Norman Johnson
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1969) pp. 40
  • The Chapel Organist Volume Three: Easy Arrangements for the Amateur Organist
    Composer/Editor Norman Johnson
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1969) pp. 11, 40

Piano Solo

  • It Is Well With My Soul: Hymns of Hope and Assurance Arranged for Solo Piano
    Composer/Editor Marilyn White
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (2001) pp. 16
  • Meditations for Piano: Hymn Transcriptions
    Composer/Editor Jane La Rowe
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1960) pp. 15

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2510
Text: Holy, Holy, Is What the Angels Sing
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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
Page Scan

Alabanzas Favoritas No. 2 #220

TextPage Scan

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #425

Audio

Small Church Music #2249

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2510

Include 13 pre-1979 instances
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