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CHILD SERVICE

CHILD SERVICE

Composer: H. Elliot Button
Published in 10 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF
Audio files: Recording

Composer: H. Elliot Button

Born: August 8, 1861, Clevedon, Somerset, England. Died: Circa August 1925, Hampstead, England. Button’s father was master of a private school, and excelled as an organist. Elliot was a self taught musician, and besides being solo alto at Holy Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea, was a pianist, organist, and violinist. He was also at one time was an editor for the Novello publishing company. He harmonized a number of tunes in The Primitive Meth­od­ist Hymnal Supplement with Tunes (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1912), and edited the third series of the Bristol Tune Book. Sources: Cowan, p. 201 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)  Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: CHILD SERVICE
Composer: H. Elliot Button
Incipit: 33354 33234 46543
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)
Audio

Small Church Music #443

Small Church Music #443
TextPage Scan

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #565

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #565
Include 8 pre-1979 instances
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