Tune: DULCE DOMUM

Composer: R. S. Ambrose

Robert Steele Ambrose United Kingdom 1824-1908, Ambrose grew up in Chelmsford, attending the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, where his father was organist. He received early musical training from his father and probably sang in the church choir. His family emigrated to upper Canada in 1837 and purchased land near Guelph, intending to farm it. But lacking training and experience, he found it too much of a challenge. He moved to Hamilton, Ontario, in 1845 to become an organist of Christ's Church, leaving Robert to run the farm. That same year, Robert became the organist at St. George's Church in Guelph and gave piano lessons to several local pupils. He wrote to his father complaining that he did not like farming, as plowing was t… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	DULCE DOMUM
Composer:	R. S. Ambrose (1876)
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Incipit:	55555 56665 32333
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

One Sweetly Solemn Thought

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Organ Solo

The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 43 Number 5 May June 2009: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; George Blake
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2009) pp. 3
Our Faith: Hymns of Comfort and Assurance For Organ
Composer/Editors Eugene McCluskey; Donald Lee Moore
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1999) pp. 30
The Organist Volume 98 Number 2 May 1994: A Bi-monthly Publication for Church Organists
Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Donald Lee Moore
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1994) pp. 58
World's Favorite Sacred Music for All Organs
Composer/Editors Lawrence Grant; Robert Steele Ambrose
Published By: Ashley Publications, Inc. (1970) pp. 6
46 Sacred Songs For All Year: For All Organs
Composer/Editor Anonymous
Published By: Hansen Publications, Inc. (1961) pp. 66
Sacred Songs for Concert- Pre-Set and Spinet Hammonds: The Willis Hammond Organ Series
Composer/Editor Orville R. Foster
Published By: The Willis Music Company (1958) pp. 6
The Organ in Church: 32 Compositions and Arrangements
Composer/Editors Frank W. Asper; Robert Steele Ambrose
Published By: Carl Fischer, Inc. (1956) pp. 16

Piano Solo

Sacred Piano Transcriptions
Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
Published By: Shattinger International Publications (1967) pp. 79
Concert Hymns: Transcriptions for Piano
Composer/Editors Chester Nordman; Charles Hansen Education Music & Books
Published By: Hansen Publications, Inc. (1959) pp. 42
The Sacred Pianist: Themes and Variations
Composer/Editor William Stickles
Published By: Charles H. Hansen Music Corporation (1949) pp. 51