CECIL (Gurney)

CECIL (Gurney)

Composer: Archer Thompson Gurney
Published in 7 hymnals


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Composer: Archer Thompson Gurney

Gurney, Archer Thompson, was born in 1820, and educated for the legal profession. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, but in 1849 he entered Holy Orders. He held several appointments, including the Curacy of Buckingham, 1854-58; the Chaplaincy of the Court Church, Paris, 1858-71, and other charges. He died at Bath, March 21, 1887. His published works include:— Spring, 1853; Songs of the Present, 1854; The Ode of Peace, 1855; Songs of Early Summer, 1856; and A Book of Praise, 1862. To the Book of Praise he contributed 147 hymns. Very few of these are known beyond his own collection. He is widely known through his Easter hymn “Christ is risen, Christ is risen." His "Memory of the blest departed" (SS. Philip and James) is in t… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: CECIL (Gurney)
Composer: Archer Thompson Gurney
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 55117 12715
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #11820

Include 6 pre-1979 instances
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