A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #514
Tune Title: HEREFORD First Line: O thou who camest from above Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley Meter: 8888 Key: E♭ Major Date: 1992
A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #514

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music Sy… Go to person page >| Title: | HEREFORD (Wesley) |
| Composer: | Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1872) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
| Incipit: | 33212 43321 22355 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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