[Glory be to God on high] (Merbecke)

[Glory be to God on high] (Merbecke)

Composer: John Merbecke
Published in 8 hymnals


Audio files: Recording

Composer: John Merbecke

John Marbeck, Merbeck or Merbecke (c. 1510 – c. 1585) was an English theological writer and musician who produced a standard setting of the Anglican liturgy. He is also known today for his setting of the Mass, Missa Per arma justitiae. Probably a native of Beverley in Yorkshire, Merbecke appears to have been a boy chorister at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and was employed as an organist there from about 1541. Two years later he was convicted with four others of heresy and sentenced to be burnt at the stake, but received a pardon owing to the intervention of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. An English Concordance of the Bible which Merbecke had been preparing at the suggestion of Richard Turner, was however confiscated and destr… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Glory be to God on high] (Merbecke)
Composer: John Merbecke
Incipit: 12443 45343 22555
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Common Praise (1998) #679

Audio

Small Church Music #1861d

Text

The Hymnal 1982 #S201

Text

The New English Hymnal #542c

Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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