CORFE MULLEN

CORFE MULLEN

Composer: Timothy R. Matthews
Published in 9 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF
Audio files: Recording

Composer: Timothy R. Matthews

Timothy Richard Matthews MusB United Kingdom 1826-1910. Born at Colmworth, England, son of the Colmworth rector, he attended the Bedford and Gonville Schools and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1853 he became a private tutor to the family of Rev Lord Wriothesley Russell, a canon of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where he studied under organist, George Elvey, subsequently a lifelong friend. He married Margaret Mary Thompson, and they had 11 children: Norton, Mary, George, Cecil, Evelyn, Eleanor, Anne, Arthur, Wilfred, Stephen, and John. Matthews served as Curate and Curate-in-Charge of St Mary’s Church, Nottingham (1853-1869). While there, he founded the Nottingham Working Men’s Institute. He became Rector at North Coates, Li… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: CORFE MULLEN
Composer: Timothy R. Matthews
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Incipit: 13555 61112 35443
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious

Jesus, holiest, tenderest, dearest

Zion Stands by Hills Surrounded

Zion stands by hills surrounded,
Zion, kept by pow’r divine;
All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine;
Happy Zion, what a favored lot is thine!

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Media

Small Church Music #1308
  • PDF Score (PDF)

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Audio

Small Church Music #1308

Include 8 pre-1979 instances
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