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[When low in heav'n the sun was now descended]

Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Composer and/or Arranger: H. E. W. Tune Sources: Genevan CXXXVII, 1550 Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 13455 54567 57543 Used With Text: When low in heav'n the sun was now descended

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Hogy Babilon vizei mellett űltünk

Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Scripture: Psalm 137 Used With Tune: [Hogy Babilon vizei mellett űltünk]

When low in heav'n the sun was now descended

Author: R. B. Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: [When low in heav'n the sun was now descended] Text Sources: Old German Hymn

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Hogy Babilon vizei mellett űltünk

Hymnal: Református énekes-könyv #82 (1918) Scripture: Psalm 137 Languages: Hungarian Tune Title: [Hogy Babilon vizei mellett űltünk]

When low in heav'n the sun was now descended

Author: R. B. Hymnal: Hymns #37 (1899) Languages: English Tune Title: [When low in heav'n the sun was now descended]

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H. Ellis Wooldridge

1845 - 1917 Person Name: H. E. W. Arranger of "[When low in heav'n the sun was now descended]" in Hymns b. 3/28/1845, Winchester; d. 2/13/17, London; English music scholar LOC Name Authority File

Robert Bridges

1844 - 1930 Person Name: R. B. Translator of "When low in heav'n the sun was now descended" in Hymns Robert S. Bridges (b. Walmer, Kent, England, 1844; d. Boar's Hill, Abingdon, Berkshire, England, 1930) In a modern listing of important poets Bridges' name is often omitted, but in his generation he was considered a great poet and fine scholar. He studied medicine and practiced as a physician until 1881, when he moved to the village of Yattendon. He had already written some poetry, but after 1881 his literary career became a full-time occupation, and in 1913 he was awarded the position of poet laureate in England. Bridges published The Yattendon Hymnal (1899), a collection of one hundred hymns (forty-four written or translated by him with settings mainly from the Genevan psalter, arranged for unaccompanied singing. In addition to volumes of poetry, Bridges also published A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing (1899) and About Hymns (1911). Bert Polman =================== Bridges, Robert Seymour, M.A., son of J. J. Bridges, of Walmer, Kent, was b. Oct. 23, 1844, and educated at Eton and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (B.A. 1867, M.A. 1874). He took his M.A. in 1874, but retired from practice in 1882, and now (1906) resides at Yattendon, Berks. He is the author of many poems and plays. He edition and contributed to the Yattendon Hymnal, 1899 (originally printed at the Oxford Univ. Press in parts—Nos. 1-25, 1895; 26-50, 1897; 51-75, 1898; 76-100, 1899). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)