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AVISON

AVISON

Composer: Charles Avison
Published in 68 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: Charles Avison

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, studied music in Italy, then served as organist of St. Nicholas' in Newcastle. He was respected both for his instrumental compositions and arrangements, and his writings on musical aesthetics. The hymn tunes attributed to him are adaptations. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: AVISON
Composer: Charles Avison
Incipit: 56565 12343 23456
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Shout the Glad Tidings, Exultingly Sing

Chorus:
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing;
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!

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Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Festive Christmas Classics for Organ
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Charles Avison
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1986) pp. 2
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 46 Number 1 October 1982: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Charles Avison
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1982) pp. 24
  • Ashford's Hymn Voluntaries No. 1: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries Based on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Emma Louise Ashford
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1901) pp. 16

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #650
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #6057
Text: Shout the Glad Tidings
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #650

Audio

Small Church Music #2303

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6057

Include 65 pre-1979 instances
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