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Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Beginner and Primary Songs First Line: We are little soldiers Refrain First Line: Clap your hands together Used With Tune: ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

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ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

Appears in 990 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur S. Sullivan Hymnal Title: Beginner and Primary Songs Incipit: 55555 65221 23135 Used With Text: Marching Song

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Marching Song

Hymnal: Beginner and Primary Songs #17 (1915) Hymnal Title: Beginner and Primary Songs First Line: We are little soldiers Refrain First Line: Clap your hands together Languages: English Tune Title: ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

Clap your hands together

Author: S. L. Reynolds Hymnal: Children's Praise and Worship #d175 (1928) Hymnal Title: Children's Praise and Worship First Line: We are little soldiers very young and small Languages: English

Clap your hands together

Author: S. L. Reynolds Hymnal: Gems for the Little Ones #d37 (1879) Hymnal Title: Gems for the Little Ones First Line: We are little soldiers very young and small Languages: English

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S. L. Reynolds

Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Clap your hands together"

Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: Arthur S. Sullivan Hymnal Title: The Church School Hymnal Composer of "ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS" in The Church School Hymnal 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 Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman