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Ye fair green hills of Galilee

Author: E. R. Conder, D.D. Appears in 41 hymnals Matching Instances: 41 Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

Appears in 8 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Tune Sources: Melody in "St. Gall Gesangbuch,"1863, from Vehe's Gesangbüchlein, 1537 Incipit: 11353 45651 76535 Used With Text: Ye fair green hills of Galilee

[Ye fair green hills of Galilee]

Appears in 11 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: H. J. Gauntlett Incipit: 55451 32511 71322 Used With Text: Ye fair green hills of Galilee

SAINTS OF GOD

Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: A. S. Sullivan Incipit: 35555 17665 43522 Used With Text: Ye fair green hills of Galilee

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Ye fair green hills of Galilee

Author: Eustace R. Conder Hymnal: Elmhurst Hymnal #O22 (1921) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Love to our neighbor; Prayer for Christ-likeness Languages: English Tune Title: ADORO TE

Ye Fair Green Hills of Galilee

Author: Eustace R. Conder Hymnal: Junior Carols #30 (1906) Languages: English Tune Title: [Ye fair green hills of Galilee]

Ye fair green hills of Galilee

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary #38 (1902) Languages: English Tune Title: SAINTS OF GOD

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Henry J. Gauntlett

1805 - 1876 Person Name: H. J. Gauntlett Composer of "[Ye fair green hills of Galilee]" in Alleluia Henry J. Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, July 9, 1805; d. London, England, February 21, 1876) When he was nine years old, Henry John Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, England, 1805; d. Kensington, London, England, 1876) became organist at his father's church in Olney, Buckinghamshire. At his father's insistence he studied law, practicing it until 1844, after which he chose to devote the rest of his life to music. He was an organist in various churches in the London area and became an important figure in the history of British pipe organs. A designer of organs for William Hill's company, Gauntlett extended the organ pedal range and in 1851 took out a patent on electric action for organs. Felix Mendelssohn chose him to play the organ part at the first performance of Elijah in Birmingham, England, in 1846. Gauntlett is said to have composed some ten thousand hymn tunes, most of which have been forgotten. Also a supporter of the use of plainchant in the church, Gauntlett published the Gregorian Hymnal of Matins and Evensong (1844). Bert Polman

Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: A. S. Sullivan Composer of "SAINTS OF GOD" in The Church Hymnary 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