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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #603b
Tune Title: Corde naturs, No. 2 First Line: Of the Father's Love begotten Date: 1880
The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #603b
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CORDE NATUS, NO. 2 (Smart)
CORDE NATUS, NO. 2 (Smart)
Composer: Henry Thomas SmartPublished in 2 hymnals
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known).
Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth… Go to person page >Instances
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The Church Hymnal #52b
Tune Title: CORDE NATUS, NO. 2 First Line: Of the Father's love begotten Composer: H. Smart Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7. Key: E♭ Major Date: 1898
The Church Hymnal #52b
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