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Father Almighty, we bow before thee

Appears in 3 hymnals Used With Tune: [Father Almighty, we bow before thee]

[Father Almighty, we bow before thee]

Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Handel, 1685-1759 Incipit: 33344 25443 66712 Used With Text: Father Almighty, we bow before thee

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Father Almighty, We Bow Before Thee

Hymnal: Service Songs #309 (1931) Languages: English Tune Title: [Father Almighty, we bow before Thee]

Father Almighty, We Bow Before Thee

Hymnal: The American Hymnal #525 (1933) Languages: English Tune Title: [Father Almighty, we bow before Thee]

Father Almighty, we bow before thee

Hymnal: New Baptist Hymnal #417 (1926) Languages: English Tune Title: [Father Almighty, we bow before thee]

1685 - 1759 Person Name: Handel, 1685-1759 Composer of "[Father Almighty, we bow before thee]" in New Baptist Hymnal George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hymnals. A number of hymnal editors, including Lowell Mason, took themes from some of Handel's oratorios and turned them into hymn tunes; ANTIOCH is one example, long associated with “Joy to the World.” Bert Polman