VERBUM PACIS (Monk)

VERBUM PACIS (Monk)

Composer: William Henry Monk (1889)
Published in 7 hymnals


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Composer: William Henry Monk

William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to… Go to person page >

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Title: VERBUM PACIS (Monk)
Composer: William Henry Monk (1889)
Meter: 6.6.8.4
Incipit: 31354 32165 4345
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

With the sweet word of peace

With the sweet word of peace
We bid our brethren go;
Peace as a river to increase,
And ceaseless flow.

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The Cyber Hymnal #7671
Text: With the Sweet Word of Peace
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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #606

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The Cyber Hymnal #7671

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