HOSANNA IN EXCELSIS

HOSANNA IN EXCELSIS

Composer: Sydney Hugo Nicholson (1916)
Published in 4 hymnals


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Composer: Sydney Hugo Nicholson

Sydney H. Nicholson, (b. St. Marylebone, London, England, 1875; d. Ashford, Kent, England, 1947) was an organist and church music educator who greatly influenced English hymnody. Educated at Oxford's New College, the Royal College of Music in London, and in Frankfurt, Germany, he became organist at several famous cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey (1919-1928). Nicholson founded and administered the School of English Church Music at Chislehurst in 1927; this important institution, with branches throughout the English-speaking world, was renamed the Royal School of Church Music in 1945. Located in Canterbury after World War II, its headquarters were moved to Addington Palace, Croydon, in 1954. Nicholson was music adviser for the 1916 Sup… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: HOSANNA IN EXCELSIS
Composer: Sydney Hugo Nicholson (1916)
Meter: 7.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 51534 56756 62171
Key: C Major
Source: Supplement to Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1916
Copyright: Public Domain

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Library Volume 45
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2009) pp. 42
  • The Organist Volume 104 Number 1 March 2000: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Barbara Seaborn; Tom Birchwood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2000) pp. 18
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 32 Number 4 March April 1998: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors James Mansfield; David Paxton
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1998) pp. 13

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2555
Text: Hosanna in the Highest
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #10384
Text: Hosanna In The Highest
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Hymns and Psalms #440a

Audio

Small Church Music #6999

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2555

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #10384

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