BEXFIELD (Bexfield)

BEXFIELD (Bexfield)

Composer: William Richard Bexfield
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: William Richard Bexfield

William Richard Bexfield, an accomplished composer and organist; author of the oratorio, "Israel Restored," a volume of church anthems, several glees, and other compositions; died Nov. 28, 1853, at his residence, Monmouth Road, Baywater, Eng., aged 28. A dictionary of musical information: containing also a vocabulary of musical terms, and a list of modern musical works published in the United States from 1640 to 1875 by John Weeks Moore (Boston: Oliver Ditson, c. 1876)  Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: BEXFIELD (Bexfield)
Composer: William Richard Bexfield
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 53543 27152 34321
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

The Pressure of Sin

This Life's a dream, an empty show

This life's a dream, an empty show;
But the bright world to which I go
Hath joys substantial and sincere;
When shall I wake and find me there?

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