[Brightest and best of the sons of the morning] (Irons)

[Brightest and best of the sons of the morning] (Irons)

Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons
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Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons

Born: January 19, 1834, Canterbury, Kent, England. Died: June 29, 1905, Nottingham, England. Irons was a nephew of the brothers Stephen & George Elvey. He became a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under T. E. Jones. After studying music under Stephen Elvey at Oxford, he was appointed organist at St. Columba’s College, a large public school at Rathfarnham, near Dublin, Ireland. He stayed there only a few months before being offered the position of organist at Southwell Minister. From Southwell, he went to Chester as assistant organist to Frederic Gunton. Three years later, he accepted an appointment at St. Andrew’s Church, Nottingham, where he remained until his death. --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >

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Title: [Brightest and best of the sons of the morning] (Irons)
Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons
Incipit: 55435 13217 67125
Copyright: Public Domain

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School and Parish Hymnal #85

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