Tune: BISHOPGARTH

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BISHOPGARTH

Composer: Arthur Sullivan (1897)
Published in 73 hymnals

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	Harvest Song

Composer: Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	BISHOPGARTH
Composer:	Arthur Sullivan (1897)
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Incipit:	53333 43225 63212
Key:	F Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

For my sake and the Gospel's, go

Who Trusts in God, a Strong Abode

To Thee, O Lord

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Notes

Sullivan composed the tune for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; hence a few hymnals call it JUBILEE.

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150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
Composer/Editor Andrew Fletcher
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 22

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The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 43 Number 6 July August 2009: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2009) pp. 6
Three Hymn Settings for Organ Set 1
Composer/Editor Paul O. Manz
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1999) pp. 12
The Organ Portfolio Volume 31 Number 1 October 1967: A Bi-Monthly Magazine for Church Organists
Composer/Editor L. N. Porter
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1967) pp. 18