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SCHOOL HYMN

SCHOOL HYMN

Composer: Ernest Y. L. Yang
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: Ernest Y. L. Yang

Ernest Y. L. Yang (b. Wuxi,Jiangsu, China, 1899; d. China, 1984), served on the committee that prepared the interdenominational Chinese hymnbook Hymns of Universal Praise (1936). He wrote over two hundred hymns, including melodies, arrangements, translations, and original texts. Regarded as an outstanding musicologist in China, he is known especially for his important two-volume history of ancient music in China, Zhongkuo Gudai Yinyue Shigao (1944). A graduate of St. John's University in Shanghai and Guanghua University, Yang taught at Yanjing University, the National Conservatory of Music, and Jinling Women's University. Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988 Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: SCHOOL HYMN
Composer: Ernest Y. L. Yang
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Incipit: 53322 16661 32125

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