[Chant] (Webbe)

Composer: Samuel Webbe

Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d. London, 1816) Webbe's father died soon after Samuel was born without providing financial security for the family. Thus Webbe received little education and was apprenticed to a cabinet­maker at the age of eleven. However, he was determined to study and taught himself Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, German, and Italian while working on his apprentice­ship. He also worked as a music copyist and received musical training from Carl Barbant, organist at the Bavarian Embassy. Restricted at this time in England, Roman Catholic worship was freely permitted in the foreign embassies. Because Webbe was Roman Catholic, he became organist at the Portuguese Chapel and later at the Sardinian and Spanish… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Chant] (Webbe)
Composer: Samuel Webbe
Incipit: 14322 51232 1
Key: a minor
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Church Hymnal #C58

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The Sunday-School Hymnal and Service Book (Ed. A) #63

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Voices of Praise #397a

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