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By Faith We Gaze Upon the Cross

Author: J. Bloore, Jr. Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The Gospel Peace and Assurance Used With Tune: EVANGELIST

EVANGELIST

Appears in 26 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mendelssohn Incipit: 51765 43217 12555 Used With Text: By Faith We Gaze Upon the Cross

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By Faith We Gaze Upon the Cross

Author: J. Bloore, Jr. Hymnal: Hymns of Grace and Truth #290 (1903) Topics: The Gospel Peace and Assurance Languages: English Tune Title: EVANGELIST

By faith we gaze upon the cross

Author: J. Bloore Hymnal: Hymns of Grace and Truth. 2nd ed. #d38 (1904) Languages: English

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Mendelssohn Composer of "EVANGELIST" in Hymns of Grace and Truth Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman