ARUNDEL (Webbe)

ARUNDEL (Webbe)

Composer: Samuel Webbe
Published in 6 hymnals


Composer: Samuel Webbe

Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d. London, 1816) Webbe's father died soon after Samuel was born without providing financial security for the family. Thus Webbe received little education and was apprenticed to a cabinet­maker at the age of eleven. However, he was determined to study and taught himself Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, German, and Italian while working on his apprentice­ship. He also worked as a music copyist and received musical training from Carl Barbant, organist at the Bavarian Embassy. Restricted at this time in England, Roman Catholic worship was freely permitted in the foreign embassies. Because Webbe was Roman Catholic, he became organist at the Portuguese Chapel and later at the Sardinian and Spanish… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ARUNDEL (Webbe)
Composer: Samuel Webbe
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 51321 43223 45
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

We thank Thee, Lord, for this fair earth

Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
does its successive journeys run,
his kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
till moons shall wax and wane no more.

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O Jesus, it was surely sweet

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Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)
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Book of Worship #165

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Hymns and Chorales #117

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Hymns for the Children of the Church #149

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The Oxford Hymn Book #232

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The Riverdale Hymn Book #28

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The Winchester Hymn Supplement #26

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