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Give Thanks to God, the Father

Author: James J. Quinn Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Text Sources: Resource Collection of Hymns and Service Music for the Liturgy

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,039 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel S. Wesley Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 33343 32116 54345 Used With Text: Give Thanks to God, the Father

DU MEINE SEELE SINGE

Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann G. Ebeling; Jacobus J. Kloppers Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 13513 22715 54313 Used With Text: Give Thanks to God, the Father

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Give Thanks to God, the Father

Author: James Quinn Hymnal: Singing the New Testament #180 (2008) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Election; Love God for Us Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14 Languages: English Tune Title: AURELIA

Give Thanks to God, the Father

Author: James Quinn, S.J. Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #225 (1987) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Election; Church; Election; Grace; Holy Spirit; Trinity Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14 Languages: English Tune Title: DU MEINE SEELE SINGE

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Samuel Sebastian Wesley

1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel S. Wesley Composer of "AURELIA" in Singing the New Testament 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 System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman

Johann Georg Ebeling

1637 - 1676 Person Name: Johann G. Ebeling Composer of "DU MEINE SEELE SINGE" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Johann George Ebeling Germany 1637-1676. Born at Luneburg, Germany, he studied theology at the University of Helmstedt. He was a composer, author, editor, and collector of music. In 1660 he became head of the Hamburg Collegium, and in 1662 cantor of St. Nicholas Church in Berlin. In 1667 he begam teaching music and Greek in Stettin. He wrote choruses, chorales, cantatas, instrumentals oratorios, requiems and music for over 100 lyrics of Paul Gerhardt. He also wrote about music history. 278 works. He died in Stettin. John Perry

James Quinn

1919 - 2010 Versifier of "Give Thanks to God, the Father" in Singing the New Testament James Quinn (b. Glasgow, Scotland, April 21, 1919; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, April 8, 2010) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who was ordained in 1950. As a consultant for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, sparked by Vatican II, he has exerted influence far beyond his native Scotland. A collection of his hymn texts is available from Selah Publishing company. Sing a New Creation