[Speed away, speed away on your mission of light] (Woodbury)

[Speed away, speed away on your mission of light] (Woodbury)

Composer: I. B. Woodbury
Published in 113 hymnals


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Composer: I. B. Woodbury

Woodbury, Isaac Baker. (Beverly, Massachusetts, October 23, 1819--October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina). Music editor. As a boy, he studied music in nearby Boston, then spent his nineteenth year in further study in London and Paris. He taught for six years in Boston, traveling throughout New England with the Bay State Glee Club. He later lived at Bellow Falls, Vermont, where he organized the New Hampshire and Vermont Musical Association. In 1849 he settled in New York City where he directed the music at the Rutgers Street Church until ill-health caused him to resign in 1851. He became editor of the New York Musical Review and made another trip to Europe in 1852 to collect material for the magazine. in the fall of 1858 his health br… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Speed away, speed away on your mission of light] (Woodbury)
Composer: I. B. Woodbury
Meter: 12.12.12.12.12.9.
Incipit: 55555 55554 53333
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6274
Text: Speed Away
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #10161
Text: Heralds Of Light
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #513

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The Cyber Hymnal #6274

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The Cyber Hymnal #10161

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