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WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Composer: Henry Purcell (1680)
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	For the Healing of the Nations

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	Final Flourishes, Vol. 2

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	Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

Composer: Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell (b. Westminster, London, England, 1659; d. Westminster, 1695), was perhaps the greatest English composer who ever lived, though he only lived to the age of thirty-six. Purcell's first piece was published at age eight when he was also a chorister in the Chapel Royal. When his voice changed in 1673, he was appointed assistant to John Hingston, who built chamber organs and maintained the king's instruments. In 1674 Purcell began tuning the Westminster Abbey organ and was paid to copy organ music. Given the position of composer for the violins in 1677, he also became organist at Westminster Abbey in 1679 (at age twenty) and succeeded Hingston as maintainer of the king's instruments (1683). Purcell composed music for the theater (D… Go to person page >

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Title:	WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Composer:	Henry Purcell (1680)
Place Of Origin:	England
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.7
Incipit:	35314 27512 32176
Key:	G Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

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Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht
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Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor June Nixon
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Three Hymn Settings for Organ Set 2
Composer/Editor Paul O. Manz
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The Praises of Zion
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100 Hymn Preludes for Manuals
Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
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Choraleworks Set I: Tne Chorale Preludes for Organ
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Interpretations Based on Hymn-Tunes Book XII: For Organ
Composer/Editor David M. Cherwien
Published By: Summa Productions (1995) pp. 3
The Organist Volume 99 Number 3 July 1995: A Bi-Monthly Publication for Church Organists
Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Humphrey Turner
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1995) pp. 67
Preludes on Four Hymns
Composer/Editor Richard Proulx
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1993) pp. 9
Hymn Intonations, Preludes, and Free Harmonizations Volume V: More Intonations
Composer/Editor Richard Proulx
Published By: Selah Publishing Company, Inc. (1992) pp. 17
Postludes of Praise: For Organ
Composer/Editor Anna Laura Page
Published By: Van Ness Press, Inc. (1990) pp. 14
O God, Our Help in Ages Past: For the Organist
Composer/Editor J. Wayne Kerr
Published By: Broadman Press (1985) pp. 8
PedalPoint Volume 4 Number 4 October November December 1985: Church Music and Study Helps for Pianists and Organists
Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; Craig Phillips
Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1985) pp. 30
Hymns I Love: Organ Arrangements by Harold DeCou
Composer/Editor Harold H. DeCou
Published By: Good Life Publications, Inc. (1984) pp. 22
Wedding Music Book IV
Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1984) pp. 19
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 15: Lesser Festivals: K - Z
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Ralph C. Schultz
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 44
Preludes and Postludes Volume 1: General Postludes
Composer/Editor Wilbur C. Held
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1972) pp. 12
The Organ Portfolio Volume 31 Number 5 June 1968: A Bi-Monthly Magazine for Church Organists
Composer/Editors L. N. Porter; Henry Purcell
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1968) pp. 59

Piano Solo

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Published By: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (2017) pp. 74
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More Sunday Solos for Piano: Preludes, Offertories & Postludes
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Published By: Broadman Press (1981) pp. 5

Piano and Organ Duet

Where Two Are Gathered: Sacred Piano - Organ Duets
Composer/Editor Eleanor W. Whitsett
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2015) pp. 16
Two Voices One Song: Creative Arrangements of Classic Hymns for Piano and Organ Duet
Composer/Editor Carolyn Hamlin
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Composer/Editor Joel Raney
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God of Grace God of Glory
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Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 2

Instruments: Instrumental Solo

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Composer/Editor Stan Pethel
Published By: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (1997) pp. 20

Instruments: Organ and Trumpet

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Composer/Editor Jerry Westenkuehler
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2015) pp. 14

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Composer: Henry Purcell

Tune Information

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Piano and Organ Duet

Organ Solo

Piano Solo

Piano and Organ Duet

Instruments: Instrumental Solo

Instruments: Organ and Trumpet

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1090

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #612

The United Methodist Hymnal #559

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