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VENICE

Composer: William Amps

Amps was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge (BA 1858, MA 1862). He played the organ at King’s College (1855-76) and Christ’s College. He also conducted the Cambridge University Musical Society for many years. Amps composed a good deal of music, including piano sonatas and part songs.  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: VENICE
Composer: William Amps (1853)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 56543 23431 12343
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Andrew Wright
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 233
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 188

Organ Solo

  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Richard Lloyd
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 286
  • Nine Hymn Preludes for Organ Volume II
    Composer/Editor Stephen Weber
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company (1996) pp. 16

Instruments: Organ and Brass

  • Organ Plus Brass - Arrangements for Brass Choir and Organ: Volume IV
    Composer/Editors Carsten Klomp; Heiko Petersen
    Published By: Barenreiter Kassel (2014) pp. 16
  • Organ Plus Brass Volume IV Cathedral Sounds: Original Works and Arrangements for Brass Choir and Organ
    Composer/Editors Carsten Klomp; Charles Villiers Stanford
    Published By: Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG, Kassel, Germany (2014) pp. 16

Media

Small Church Music #1115
  • PDF Score (PDF)
Small Church Music #1548
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 21 of 21)

Ancient and Modern #44b

Text

Ancient and Modern #302a

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #315a

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Common Praise (1998) #443

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Common Praise #220a

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CPWI Hymnal #281

CPWI Hymnal #336

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CPWI Hymnal #836

Hymnal #310

Hymns and Psalms #156

Hymns and Psalms #449a

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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #34

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #515b

Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #858

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Rejoice in the Lord #150

Text

Rejoice in the Lord #175

Singing the New Testament #193

Audio

Small Church Music #1115

Audio

Small Church Music #1548

Text

Together in Song #64

Text

Together in Song #404

Include 24 pre-1979 instances
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