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Zion's daughters, Sons of Jerusalem

Author: Gabriel Gillett Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 5 hymnals Text Sources: Latin, 12th century

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JERUSALEM ET SION FILIAE

Appears in 3 hymnals Tune Sources: Mode v Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 51214 31211 35314 Used With Text: Sion's daughters Sons of Jerusalem!

SION'S DAUGHTERS

Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: G. H. Palmer, 1846-1926; J. H. Arnold, 1887-1956 Tune Sources: Old French sources Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 12315 65345 67156 Used With Text: Sion's daughters! Sons of Jerusalem!

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Sion's daughters! Sons of Jerusalem!

Author: Gabriel Gillett, 1873-1948 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #212 (1986) Meter: 10.10.10.4 Topics: Dedication Festival; The Christian Year Festivals and Other Holy Days: Proper Languages: English Tune Title: SION'S DAUGHTERS

Sion's daughters Sons of Jerusalem!

Author: Gabriel Gillett, 1873-1948 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #522 (1986) Topics: Dedication Festival Sequence Languages: English Tune Title: JERUSALEM ET SION FILIAE
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Sion's daughters! Sons of Jerusalem

Hymnal: The English Hymnal #172 (1906) Languages: English Tune Title: JERUSALEM ET SION FILIAE

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George Herbert Palmer

1846 - 1926 Person Name: G. H. Palmer, 1846-1926 Adapter of "SION'S DAUGHTERS" in The New English Hymnal Palmer, George Herbert, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1868, curate of St. Margaret's, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, 1869-76, and St. Barnabas, Pimlico, 1876-83. Has published The Antiphoner and Grail, 1881; Harmonies of the Office Hymn-Book, 1891; The Sarum Psalter, 1894, &c. Several of his translations from the Latin are in The Hymner, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

J. H. Arnold

1887 - 1956 Person Name: J. H. Arnold, 1887-1956 Arranger of "SION'S DAUGHTERS" in The New English Hymnal

Gabriel Gillett

1873 - 1948 Person Name: Gabriel Gillett Translator of "Zion's daughters, Sons of Jerusalem" Gillett, George Gabriel Scott, B.A., son of the Rev. E. A. Gillett, was b. Dec. 1, 1873, at Hawley, Hants, where his father was then curate. He was educated at Westminster School and at Keble College, Oxford, B.A. 1896 and ordained D. 1898, P. 1899. While domestic chaplain to Earl Beauchamp at Madresfield he contributed to The English Hymnal, 1906, three translations (58, 172, 030) and "It is finished! Christ hath known" (Good Friday). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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