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College Hymnal #29
Tune Title: ELI First Line: Heavenly Father, Sovereign Lord Composer: Michael Costa Date: 1897
College Hymnal #29
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ELI
Composer: Sir Michael CostaPublished in 4 hymnals
Composer: Sir Michael Costa
[Michaele Andrea Agniello Costa]
Born: February 14, 1808, Naples, Italy.
Died: 1884, Hove, East Sussex, England.
Buried: Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England.
Costa learned the rudiments of music from his maternal grandfather, Giacomo Tritto; he was placed at the Real Collegio di Musica in Naples, and after a public exam received a scholarship from Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies. He composed his first cantata at age 15, and went on to write symphonies, oratorios, operas, and quartets. He eventually moved to London, where he was knighted in 1869. In 1871, he became "director of the music, composer, and… Go to person page >Instances
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The Church Hymnal #581b
Tune Title: ELI First Line: Soldiers of the cross, arise Composer: M. Costa Meter: 7.7.7.7. Key: F Major Date: 1898
The Church Hymnal #581b
The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #51c
Tune Title: [Hark! the herald angels sing] First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing Composer: Costa Meter: 7 S. Key: F Major Date: 1894
The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #51c
The Praise Hymnary #436
Tune Title: INVOCATION First Line: Now may he who from the dead Composer: Michael Costa Meter: 7s. Date: 1898
The Praise Hymnary #436
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