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MARLOW

Composer: John Chetham

Baptized: Feb­ru­a­ry 4, 1665, Ash­ton-un­der-Lyne, Lan­ca­shire, Eng­land. Buried: 1746, Skip­ton, York­shire, Eng­land. After at­tend­ing Deck­er­field School, then tak­ing or­ders, Che­tham be­came Cur­ate of Skip­ton, North York­shire. His col­lection A Book of Psalmody was first pub­lished in 1718, and had at least ele­ven edi­tions, through 1787. Music: BARRAGH MARLOW WIRKSWORTH --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: MARLOW
Composer: John Chetham (1718)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 13331 55553 14321
Key: G Major
Source: English tune
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Thirty-Four Hymn Descants
    Composer/Editor David McKinley Williams
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1948) pp. 43

Organ Solo

  • Organ Voluntaries in Three Volumes Volume 1
    Composer/Editors Alexander Schreiner; David MacIntyre
    Published By: J. Fischer & Brothers (1965) pp. 120
  • Seven Hymn Voluntaries: For the Church Organist
    Composer/Editor Gordon Young
    Published By: Theodore Presser Company (1965)

Piano Solo

  • Advanced Hymn Settings for Piano
    Composer/Editor Darwin K. Wolford
    Published By: Jackman Music Corporation (1986) pp. 6

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #916
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #2574
Text: How Great the Wisdom
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #6965
Text: Teach Us, O Lord, True Brotherhood
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #11755
Text: Not For The Prophet Tongue Of Fire
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #16266
Text: O Lord, My Hope And Confidence
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #916

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #324

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #609

Magnify the Lord #587

New Harmonia Sacra (Legacy ed.) #67

Audio

Small Church Music #1971

Audio

Small Church Music #3429

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2574

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6965

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #11755

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #16266

TextPage Scan

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #573

Include 229 pre-1979 instances
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