| Text: | Now, on Land and Sea Descending |
| Author: | Samuel Longfellow |
| Tune: | VESPER HYMN |
| Arranger: | John A. Stevenson |
| Composer (attributed to): | Dmitri S. Bortniansky (1751-1825) |
| Text Information | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
Though attributed to Russian Bortnianski, this marvelous tune is more likely a product of 19th-century popular American hymnody