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CARITAS (Beaty)

CARITAS (Beaty)

Composer: Richard W. Beaty (1830)
Published in 38 hymnals


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Composer: Richard W. Beaty

Beauty, Richard William, born in Dublin about 1799; educated in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin; appointed about 1824 organist and musical instructor at the Molyneux Asylum for Blind Women; organist of the Free Church, Great Charles Street, 1828 to 1877; master of the choristers in Christ Church Cathedral from 1830 to 1872; composer of songs and other works; died in Dublin, 1883. Beaty composed the tune TENDERNESS, No. 398 S.H., 382 F.C.H., 337 U.P.H. (there named "Caritas"), for the children of Lady Harberton's School, Dublin, in 1830. It is, however, seldom assigned to him. --James Love, Scottish Church Music: Its Composers and Sources (1891)  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: CARITAS (Beaty)
Composer: Richard W. Beaty (1830)
Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4
Incipit: 12356 55333 21
Notes: Also known as TENDERNESS.
Key: F Major
Source: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
Text

Glaubenslieder #127

Text

Hinos e Cânticos #132

Audio

Small Church Music #6444

The Believers Hymn Book #213

The Believers Hymn Book #289

TextAudioPage Scan

ترانيم الإيمان #114

تسابيح المحبة #92

Include 31 pre-1979 instances
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