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ASSISI (Champneys)

ASSISI (Champneys)

Composer: Francis H. Champneys
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: Francis H. Champneys

Born: March 25, 1848, in the rec­to­ry of St. Ma­ry’s, White­cha­pel, Lon­don, Eng­land. Died: Ju­ly 30, 1930, Nutley, Sus­sex, Eng­land. Francis’ fa­ther was Will­iam Champ­neys, Ca­non of St. Paul’s, and lat­er Dean of Lich­field. Fran­cis was ed­u­cat­ed at Win­chest­er Coll­ege and Brase­nose Coll­ege, Ox­ford (MA & MB 1875, MD lat­er). An am­a­teur mu­si­cian, he stu­died un­der John Goss, held var­i­ous mu­sic­al po­si­tions from 1880 to 1913, and chaired the Cen­tral Mid­wives’ Board (1903-30). He was made a Bar­o­net in 1910. --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ASSISI (Champneys)
Composer: Francis H. Champneys
Meter: 8.8.8.6
Incipit: 54332 16544 32345
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 9 Number 4 March 1975: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Olive Nelson Russell
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1975) pp. 13

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
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The Church Hymnary #63

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The Riverdale Hymn Book #130

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The Scottish Hymnal #43a

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