Earth Was Given as a Garden

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Earth was given as a garden

Author: Roberta Bard
Published in 2 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Sing It Simply (25 Congregational Hymn A…

Choral
	Let the Children Sing! (Favorite Unison/…

Instrumental
	Festival Hymns for Organ, Brass, and Tim…

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Author: Roberta Bard

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First Line:	Earth was given as a garden
Title:	Earth Was Given as a Garden
Author:	Roberta Bard
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Copyright:	© 1989 Roberta Bard Ruby

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HYFRYDOL

One of the most loved Welsh tunes, HYFRYDOL was composed by Rowland Hugh Prichard (b. Graienyn, near Bala, Merionetshire, Wales, 1811; d. Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, 1887) in 1830 when he was only nineteen. It was published with about forty of his other tunes in his children's hymnal Cyfaill y Cant…

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BEECHER

John Zundel's BEECHER (named after Henry Ward Beecher, his pastor) was first published in his Christian Heart Songs (1870) as a setting for Charles Wesley's "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" (568). The tune is also known as ZUNDEL. Approximating the shape of a rounded bar form (AA'BA'), BEECHER is…

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Piano/Organ Sing It Simply (25 Congregational Hymn Accompaniments for Piano, with opt. Guitar, Bass, and Handbells) The Church Pianist's Library, Vol. 9 Let the Children Sing! (Favorite Unison/Two-part Anthems of Natalie Sleeth) More Piano/Organ...
Choral Let the Children Sing! (Favorite Unison/Two-part Anthems of Natalie Sleeth) More Choral...
Instrumental Festival Hymns for Organ, Brass, and Timpani—Set 3 Oboe Solos for Worship (Arranged with Keyboard Accompaniment) Oboe Solos for Worship (Arranged with Keyboard Accompaniment) More Instrumental...
Handbells Seasons of Praise (Artistic Hymn-Based Medleys for Solo Ringing and Piano) Seasons of Praise (Artistic Hymn-Based Medleys for Solo Ringing and Piano) Let Praises Ring: 18 Introductions and Hymn Accompaniments for Handbells, Organ, and Congregation, Volume 1 More Handbells...