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Long Ago You Taught Your People

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Author: Martin Leckebusch

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Text Information

First Line: Long ago You taught Your people
Title: Long Ago You Taught Your People
Author: Martin Leckebusch (1998)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Copyright: © 2000 Kevin Mayhew, Ltd.

Tune

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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NETTLETON

The authorship of this tune is not clear, with different editors attributing the tune to different composers (or not naming one at all). See the instances list above for the different attributions. From William J. Reynolds, Companion to Baptist Hymnal (1976): "Nettleton first appeared as a two-part…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Ancient and Modern #496

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #669

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