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Great God, to thee our hearts we raise

Appears in 5 hymnals

BISHOPGARTH

Appears in 72 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900 Incipit: 53333 43225 63212 Used With Text: Great God, to Thee our hearts we raise

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Great God, to thee our hearts we raise

Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Third Edition #257 (1919) Languages: English

Great God, to thee our hearts we raise

Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #264 (1960) Languages: English

Great God, to Thee our hearts we raise

Hymnal: Church Hymns #336 (1903) Topics: Dedication of Special Offerings Languages: English Tune Title: BISHOPGARTH

1839 - 1913 Person Name: Canon John Julian Author of "Great God, to thee our hearts we raise" in The Book of Common Praise Born: January 27, 1839, St. Agnes, Cornwall. Died: January 22, 1913, Thirsk, Yorkshire, England. Educated privately, Julian graduated from Durham University (MA 1887), Lambeth (DD 1894), and Howard University in Washington, DC (LLD 1894). He took Holy Orders in 1866, and served as Vicar of Wincobank (1876-1905) and Vicar of Topcliff, Yorkshire (1905-). However, he is best known as a hymnologist. The standard reference work in this field is his massive Dictionary of Hymnology: Origin and History of Christian Hymns and Hymnwriters of All Ages and Nations, Together with Biographical and Critical Notices of Their Authors and Translators. This work has been revised and reprinted several times; its publication dates include: -- London: J. Murray, 1892 -- London: J. Murray, 1908 (this may be the edition revised by James Mearns (1855-1922), Vicar of Rushden, Hertfordshire) --Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 1985 His other works include: Concerning Hymns, 1874 History of the Use of Hymns in Public Worship, and Their Proper Characteristics, 1894 Carols, Ancient and Modern, 1900 Julian donated his large collection of hymnological books and manuscripts to the Church House, Dean’s Yard, London, where it formed the hymnological department of the library. www.hymntime.com/tch

Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: Sir Arthur Sullivan Composer of "BISHOPGARTH" in The Book of Common Praise 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 Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman