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BATTLE CRY (Gray)

BATTLE CRY (Gray)

Composer: Alan Gray (1916)
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Composer: Alan Gray

Born: December 23, 1855, York, England. Died: September 27, 1935, Cambridge, England. Buried: Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Alan Gray (23 December 1855, York – 27 September 1935, Cambridge) was a British organist and composer. Born in York, he attended St Peter's School in York and Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1883 until 1893 he was Director of Music at Wellington College. In 1893 he returned to Cambridge to be organist at Trinity College, and remained organist there until 1930. Among his compositions are liturgical music for Morning and Evening Prayer and the Office of Holy Communion for use in the Church of England according to the Book of Common Prayer, including an Evening Service in f minor, a setting of Holy Co… Go to person page >

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Title: BATTLE CRY (Gray)
Composer: Alan Gray (1916)
Meter: 7.6.8.6 D
Incipit: 11133 21371 76573
Key: f♯ minor
Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1916
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Cyber Hymnal #5810
Text: Rise at the Cry of Battle
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