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CORNWALL (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 >

Tune Information

Title: CORNWALL (Wesley)
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
Incipit: 35321 17653 21436
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 51
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 51
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Robert Jones
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 38
  • 150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
    Composer/Editor Andrew Moore
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 33
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 47

Organ Solo

  • Easy Organ Library Volume 68
    Composer/Editor Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2020) pp. 90
  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Rosalie Bonighton
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 70
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 38

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #15797
Text: To Us The Joyful News Is Brought
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Small Church Music #1574
  • PDF Score (PDF)
Small Church Music #1576
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 24 of 24)

A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #490

Ancient and Modern #738

Text

Ancient and Modern #751

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #528

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #569

Page Scan

Common Praise #528

TextPage Scan

Common Praise #541

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #260

Esperanta Himnaro #5a

Text

Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) #53

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #124

Text

Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #107

Hymns and Psalms #477b

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #299

Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #398

Audio

Small Church Music #1574

Audio

Small Church Music #1576

Audio

Small Church Music #3604

The Book of Praise #503

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15797

TextPage Scan

The Hymnal 1982 #386

The Hymnal 1982 #422

Text

The New English Hymnal #424

Voices United #281

Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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