WILDERSMOUTH (Hopkins)

WILDERSMOUTH (Hopkins)

Composer: Edward J. Hopkins (1879)
Published in 26 hymnals


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Composer: Edward J. Hopkins

Dr Edward John Hopkins MusDoc United Kingdom 1818-1901. Born at Westminster, England, the son of a clarinetist with the Royal Opera House orchestra, he became an organist (as did two of his brothers) and a composer. In 1826 he became a chorister of the Chapel Royal and sang at the coronation of King William IV in Westminster Abbey. He also sang in the choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, a double schedule requiring skill and dexterity. On Sunday evenings he would play the outgoing voluntary at St. Martin’s in-the-field. He left Chapel Royal in 1834 and started studying organ construction at two organ factories. He took an appointment at Mitcham Church as organist at age 16, winning an audition against other organists. Four years later… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: WILDERSMOUTH (Hopkins)
Composer: Edward J. Hopkins (1879)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7
Incipit: 12332 35432 11223
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

The Acceptable Year

Angels From the Realms of Glory

Angels from the realms of glory,
wing your flight o'er all the earth;
ye who sang creation's story
now proclaim Messiah's birth:

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Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Savior, like a shepherd lead us,
Much we need Thy tender care;
In Thy pleasant pastures feed us,
For our use Thy folds prepare:
Blessèd Jesus, blessèd Jesus,
Thou hast bought us, Thine we are;
Blessèd Jesus, blessèd Jesus,
Thou hast bought us, Thine we are.

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Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #5365
Text: O'er Those Gloomy Hills of Darkness
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #15706
Text: See The Vivid Lightnings Flashing
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Small Church Music #7133
Text: Ry Sakaizan' ny mpanota (The Friend of the sinners)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #576b

Audio

Small Church Music #7133

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5365

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15706

Include 22 pre-1979 instances
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