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BLAKE (Holbrook)

BLAKE (Holbrook)

Composer: J. P. Holbrook
Published in 6 hymnals


Composer: J. P. Holbrook

Joseph P. Holbrook was a tune writer in the parlor music style, and used the popular melodies of Mason and Hastings, Bradbury and Root, Greatorex and Kingsley in his collections. He furnished settings for the choir hymns in Songs for the Sanctuary in his Quartet and chorus Choir (New York, 1871, and sought more recogniation than had been given him in a hymnal of his own, Worship in Song (New York, 1880); a book that found no welcome. from The English hymn: its development and use in worship By Louis FitzGerald Benson Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: BLAKE (Holbrook)
Composer: J. P. Holbrook
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 33433 34334 53655
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #399b

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #406b

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #684

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Songs for the Sanctuary #568

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #406b

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The New Laudes Domini #641

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