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LEOMINSTER (Martin)

Composer: G. W. Martin

George William Martin United Kingdom 1825-1881. Born in London, he became a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral under William Hawes, and also at Westminstwer Abbey at the coronation of Queen Victoria. He became a professor of music at the Normal College for Army Schoolmasters, and was from 1845-1853 resident music-master at St. John’s Training College, Battersea, and was the first organist of Christ Church, Battersea in 1849. In 1860 he established the National Choral Society which he maintained for some years at Exeter Hall, having an admirable series of oratorio performances. He edited and published cheap editions of these and other works not readily available to the public. He organized a 1000-voice choir at the 300th anniversary… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: LEOMINSTER (Martin)
Composer: G. W. Martin (1862)
Meter: 6.6.8.6 D
Incipit: 33333 44222 32233
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

George William Martin (b. London, England, 1825; d. London, 1881) composed LEOMINSTER, named for a town in the county of Hereford and Worcester (formerly Herefordshire), England. The tune was first published in The Journal of Part Music (vol. 2, 1862), in which it was titled THE PILGRIM'S SONG. Martin was editor of that publica¬tion from 1861 to 1862. As a boy Martin was a chorister in St. Patrick's Cathedral. He taught music at the Normal College for Army Schoolmasters in Chelsea and at St. John's Training College in Battersea. In 1849 he became organist at Christ Church, Battersea. Well-known for his skill in training children's choirs, Martin also conducted mass choirs, such as the Metropolitan Schools Choral Society. He composed glees, madrigals, and part-songs, and edited oratorios of Handel and Haydn.

Arthur S. Sullivan (PHH 46) later arranged and harmonized the tune and labeled it as an "Old Melody" in his Church Hymns with Tunes (1874). LEOMINSTER's many repeated tones in lines 1 and 3 give way to the more dramatic shape oflines 2 and 4. The tune's simplicity allows for bringing in harmony, perhaps with stanza 2 unaccompanied. Accompany stanza 3 with a bright and strong organ registration.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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Arrangements

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  • Pull Out the Stops!: Congregational Song Accompaniments for Organ
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; J. Bert Carlson
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2001) pp. 138
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 30: General: L - Lle
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Donald Johns
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1984) pp. 31

Organ Solo

  • PedalPoint Volume 18 Number 4 July August September 1999: Church Music and Study Helps for Pianists and Organists
    Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; Dennis R. Johnson
    Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1999) pp. 26
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 30: General: L - Lle
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Donald Johns
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1984) pp. 30
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