Ambassador Hymnal #612
Tune Title: ST. EDMUND First Line: I’m but a stranger here Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900 Meter: 64 64 66 64 Key: G Major Date: 1994
Ambassador Hymnal #612

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The… Go to person page >| Title: | ST. EDMUND (Sullivan) |
| Composer: | Arthur Sullivan (1872) |
| Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 |
| Incipit: | 11117 25565 53332 |
| Key: | A Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
I'm but a stranger here,
Heaven is my home;
Earth is a desert drear;
Heaven is my home:
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand;
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home.
Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations
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Organ Solo
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Piano Solo
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Piano and Organ Duet
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Voices: Vocal Solo
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