ANGEL VOICES (Sullivan)

ANGEL VOICES (Sullivan)

Composer: Arthur Sullivan (1872)
Published in 212 hymnals


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Composer: Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army band­master and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ANGEL VOICES (Sullivan)
Composer: Arthur Sullivan (1872)
Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.7
Incipit: 33343 21251 12233
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 16
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 16
  • 200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 9
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Geoffrey Nobes
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 13
  • Restrained Last Verses: Varied Accompaniments for Popular Hymns
    Composer/Editor Stanley Vann
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2003) pp. 9
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 9
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 14
  • Finishing Touch: One Hundred Last Verse Arrangements of Well-Known Hymn Tunes - New and Enlarged Edition
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 7
  • After the Last Verse: 200 Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1995) pp. 9
  • Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1994) pp. 4
  • 44 Hymn Tunes Freely Harmonized: For Unison Singing
    Composer/Editor Eric Harding Thiman
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 3

Organ Solo

  • 150 Hymn Preludes Book 1 Hymn Tune A - K: Short and Playable Pieces in Keys to Match All Popular Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor David Terry
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2010) pp. 28
  • Preludes on Favorite Hymns for Organ
    Composer/Editor David Terry
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 10
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 11
  • 100 Hymn Preludes for Manuals
    Composer/Editor Andrew Fletcher
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 38
  • Preludes to the Past Volume 2: Organ Settings of Enduring 19th Century Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Emma Lou Diemer
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1991) pp. 21

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #788
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #187
Text: Angel Voices, Ever Singing
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #788

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #35

Living Hymns #15

Living Hymns #15

Audio

Small Church Music #7407

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #187

Include 206 pre-1979 instances
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