269. Now, on Land and Sea Descending

Text Information
First Line: Now, on land and sea descending
Title: Now, on Land and Sea Descending
Author: Samuel Longfellow (1859)
Meter: 87.87.86.87
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Topic: Evening
Tune Information
Name: VESPER HYMN
Composer (attributed to): Dmitri S. Bortniansky (1751-1825)
Arranger: John A. Stevenson
Meter: 87.87.86.87
Key: D Major
Source: A Selection of Popular National Airs, 1818


Tune Information:

Though attributed to Russian Bortnianski, this marvelous tune is more likely a product of 19th-century popular American hymnody


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