Tune: PATMOS (Wesley)

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music Sy… Go to person page >

^ top

Tune Information

Title:	PATMOS (Wesley)
Composer:	Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Meter:	10.4.10.4.10.10
Incipit:	53333 33266
Key:	F Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

^ top

Texts

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom

Immortal Love, within whose righteous will

All texts published with PATMOS (Wesley)^ top

Alternative Tunes

More tunes with meter 10.4.10.4.10.10 ^ top

Timeline

^ top

Choral

Lead, Kindly Light

More Choral...

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Assist Me To Proclaim: Alternate Hymn Settings Volume 2
Composer/Editor Henry V. Gerike
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2010) pp. 53
Hymn Harmonizations Set 5
Composer/Editor Edmund Shay
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2007) pp. LL
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 7: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 640 - 704
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 685
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 7: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 640 - 704
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 685
The St. Francis Collection of Free Accompaniments to Hymn Tunes: 80 Settings by Various Composers
Composer/Editor Dirk van Dissel
Published By: G. I. A. Publications, Inc. (2005) pp. 82
Introductions, Interludes, and Codas On Traditional Hymn Tunes: Set 3 Fall Festivals and Accents of the Christian Life
Composer/Editor Donald Rotermund
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2001) pp. 24
Easy Hymn Accompaniments for Organ or Piano: Set II
Composer/Editor Edward H. Myer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1995) pp. 60
Twenty Hymn Introductions: Volume I Opus 56
Composer/Editor Jan Bender
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1974) pp. 24
Twenty Hymn Introductions: Volume I Opus 56
Composer/Editor Jan Bender
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1974) pp. 24

Organ Solo

14 Organ Chorale Preludes
Composer/Editor Theodore Beck
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1985) pp. 26
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 35: General: O - Pi
Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Dennis W. Zimmer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1985) pp. 40
Emergency Organ Book for All Occasions Volume Two: Christmas Palm Sunday
Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Benton Price
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1982) pp. 78