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ST. BONIFACE (Gadsby)

ST. BONIFACE (Gadsby)

Composer: Henry Robert Gadsby (1875)
Published in 24 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: Henry Robert Gadsby

Born: December 15, 1840, Hackney, England. Though many sources show his birth year as 1842, census entries indicate an 1840 birth. Died: November 11, 1907, Putney, England. Buried: Putney Vale Cemetery. Gadsby was a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral (1849-58), and organist at St. Peter’s, Brockley, until 1884, when he succeeded John Hullah at Queen’s College, Harley Street, London. In 1880, he became a professor at the Guildhall School of Music. www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: ST. BONIFACE (Gadsby)
Composer: Henry Robert Gadsby (1875)
Meter: 6.5.6.5
Incipit: 51355 43117 16714
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1598
Text: Forward! Be Our Watchword
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #2667
Text: Hark, the Voice Eternal
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
Audio

Small Church Music #4649

Small Church Music #4649
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1598

The Cyber Hymnal #1598
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2667

The Cyber Hymnal #2667
Text

The Cyber Hymnal #8795

The Cyber Hymnal #8795
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