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DULCE DOMUM

DULCE DOMUM

Composer: R. S. Ambrose (1876)
Published in 67 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: R. S. Ambrose

Robert Steele Ambrose United Kingdom 1824-1908, Ambrose grew up in Chelmsford, attending the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, where his father was organist. He received early musical training from his father and probably sang in the church choir. His family emigrated to upper Canada in 1837 and purchased land near Guelph, intending to farm it. But lacking training and experience, he found it too much of a challenge. He moved to Hamilton, Ontario, in 1845 to become an organist of Christ's Church, leaving Robert to run the farm. That same year, Robert became the organist at St. George's Church in Guelph and gave piano lessons to several local pupils. He wrote to his father complaining that he did not like farming, as plowing was t… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: DULCE DOMUM
Composer: R. S. Ambrose (1876)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 55555 56665 32333
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 43 Number 5 May June 2009: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; George Blake
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2009) pp. 3
  • Our Faith: Hymns of Comfort and Assurance For Organ
    Composer/Editors Eugene McCluskey; Donald Lee Moore
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1999) pp. 30
  • The Organist Volume 98 Number 2 May 1994: A Bi-monthly Publication for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Donald Lee Moore
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1994) pp. 58
  • World's Favorite Sacred Music for All Organs
    Composer/Editors Lawrence Grant; Robert Steele Ambrose
    Published By: Ashley Publications, Inc. (1970) pp. 6
  • 46 Sacred Songs For All Year: For All Organs
    Composer/Editor Anonymous
    Published By: Hansen Publications, Inc. (1961) pp. 66
  • Sacred Songs for Concert- Pre-Set and Spinet Hammonds: The Willis Hammond Organ Series
    Composer/Editor Orville R. Foster
    Published By: The Willis Music Company (1958) pp. 6
  • The Organ in Church: 32 Compositions and Arrangements
    Composer/Editors Frank W. Asper; Robert Steele Ambrose
    Published By: Carl Fischer, Inc. (1956) pp. 16

Piano Solo

  • Sacred Piano Transcriptions
    Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
    Published By: Shattinger International Publications (1967) pp. 79
  • Concert Hymns: Transcriptions for Piano
    Composer/Editors Chester Nordman; Charles Hansen Education Music & Books
    Published By: Hansen Publications, Inc. (1959) pp. 42
  • The Sacred Pianist: Themes and Variations
    Composer/Editor William Stickles
    Published By: Charles H. Hansen Music Corporation (1949) pp. 51

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #826
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #5235
Text: One Sweetly Solemn Thought
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #7298
Text: What Wait I for but Thee?
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #13702
Text: Alas, What Mean Those Fears?
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
Tune InfoScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #826

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #310

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #424

Himnos de la Iglesia #440

TextPage Scan

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #558

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5235

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #7298

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #13702

TextAudio

Timeless Truths #573

Include 58 pre-1979 instances
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