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[My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Smart Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 34523 12171 Used With Text: Misericordias, Domini

Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord Topics: The Psalms of David Day XVII - Evening Scripture: Psalm 89 Used With Tune: [My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord]

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Misericordias, Domini

Hymnal: The Church Service Book #190a (1906) First Line: My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord Topics: The Psalms of David Day XVII - Evening Scripture: Psalm 89 Languages: English Tune Title: [My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord]

Misericordias, Domini

Hymnal: The Church Service Book #262b (1906) First Line: My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord Topics: Proper Psalms on Certain Days The Annunciation, Morning Scripture: Psalm 89 Languages: English Tune Title: [My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord]

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Henry Thomas Smart

1813 - 1879 Person Name: Henry Smart Composer of "[My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord]" in The Church Service Book Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth, Smart designed organs for important places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman