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Chant No. 3

Appears in 37 hymnals First Line: O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Used With Tune: [O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth]

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[O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth]

Appears in 334 hymnals Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 17122 32171 Used With Text: Chant No. 3

[O Lord our Lord, how excellent] (Woodward)

Appears in 43 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. Woodward, 1744 - 1777 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 56712 32117 1 Used With Text: O Lord our Lord, how excellent

[O Lord our Lord, how excellent] (Goss)

Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Goss, 1800 - 1880 Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 13243 21171 Used With Text: O Lord our Lord, how excellent

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O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth

Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #693b (1930) Topics: Prose Psalms Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth] WOODWARD

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth

Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #693c (1930) Topics: Prose Psalms Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth] MORNINGTON
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Chant No. 3

Hymnal: New Hymn and Tune Book #C3 (1889) First Line: O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth]

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John Goss

1800 - 1880 Person Name: J. Goss, 1800 - 1880 Composer of "[O Lord our Lord, how excellent] (Goss)" in The Hymnary John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854). Bert Polman

John Stainer

1840 - 1901 Person Name: Dr. Stainer Composer of "[O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth]" in Sunday-School Book

James Nares

1715 - 1783 Person Name: J. Nares Composer of "[O Lord our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth]" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Born: April 19, 1715, Stanwell, Middlesex, England. Died: February 10, 1783. Buried: St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England. After his family moved to Oxford, Nares became a chorister in the Chapel Royal. He later became deputy organist at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; organist in York Cathedral (1734); and organist in the Royal Chapel and composer to the king (1756). He received a doctorate of music degree from Cambridge University in 1756. In 1770, the Catch Club awarded him a prize for his glee To All Lovers of Harmony. Sources: Frost, p. 683 Nutter, p. 462 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/a/r/nares_j.htm ==================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nares
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