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| Short Name: | George B. Lissant |
| Full Name: | Lissant, George Benjamin, 1823-1899 |
| Birth Year (est.): | 1823 |
| Death Year: | 1899 |
Born: September 22, 1827.
Died: September 14, 1899.
Lissant was a chorister at the coronation of Britain’s Queen Victoria. In 1849, he became the first organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Calcutta, India. From about 1872 to 1899, he played the organ at St. Augustine’s Church, Queen’s Gate, London.
Sources:
Musical Times, October 1, 1899, p. 691
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/i/s/lissant_gb.htm
Tunes by George B. Lissant (16) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANNER (Lissant) | George B. Lissant (Composer) | 3 | 51353 32123 43251 |
| [Christ, we sing Thy saving Passion] | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 3 | 32357 65421 12354 |
| [Come forth, come forth, brave reapers] | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | 35351 17656 45333 |
| [Come, hear ye how God's priest of old] | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | 54233 27123 23456 |
| FREEMAN (Lissant) | George Benjamin Lissant, 1827-1899 (Composer) | 2 | 35714 33212 33326 |
| ORIENT (Lissant) | George B. Lissant (Composer) | 4 | 11766 55712 11765 |
| [Heavenly Father, God alone] | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | 32117 12432 53217 |
| HERZEGOVINA | George Benjamin Lissant, 1827-1899 (Composer) | 4 | 55671 32176 51765 |
| HOLY JESUS | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 3 | 31112 32521 13673 |
| [In the wintry heaven] (Lissant) | George B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | 11766 55671 32171 |
| [Joy and gladness! Joy and gladness] (Lissant) | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | 34565 17643 12336 |
| [Lord of the harvest! Thee we hail] (Lissant) | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | 34357 12443 34332 |
| [Merrily the Easter bells] (Lissant) | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | 12343 32112 34617 |
| REX REGUM (Lissant) | George B. Lissant (Composer) | 7 | 51712 32164 3132 |
| [Through the long hidden years Thou hast sought me] | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Twine the Easter garland] (Lissant) | G. B. Lissant (Composer) | 2 | 56532 71761 66556 |
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