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MENTONE

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Barnby Incipit: 53343 21355 65144 Used With Text: How kind is the Saviour

How kind is the Saviour

Appears in 14 hymnals Used With Tune: MENTONE

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

How kind is the Saviour!

Author: E. F. Hughes Hymnal: Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #56 (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: MENTONE

How kind is the Saviour

Hymnal: Hymn Tunes #59 (1897) Languages: English Tune Title: MENTONE

How kind is the Saviour!

Author: Edward Francis Hughes Hymnal: The Packer Hymnal #61 (1895) Languages: English Tune Title: MENTONE

1838 - 1896 Person Name: Sir J. Barnby Composer of "MENTONE" in Hymns of Grace and Truth Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barnby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873). Bert Polman

Edward Francis Hughes

1814 - 1879 Person Name: E. F. Hughes Author of "How Kind is the Saviour" in Hymns of Grace and Truth Hughes, Edward Francis, p. 1572, i. This writer, the author of ”How kind is the Saviour," &c, was an English Baptist Minister who took up his abode in Australia, where he became editor of a newspaper. He died in Victoria, and is buried in the Portland Cemetery there. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)