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[God loves us all, O sweet is the thought]

[God loves us all, O sweet is the thought]

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Published in 7 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (born 29 November 1797 – died 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Donizetti came from a non-musical background but, at an early age, he was taken under the wing of composer Simon Mayr who had set up the Lezioni Caritatevoli and had enrolled him by means of a full scholarship. There he received detailed training in the arts of fugue and counterpoint, and it was from there that Mayr was instrumental in obtaining a place for the young man at the Bologna Academy. In Bologna, at the age of 19, he wrote his first one-act opera, the comedy Il Pigmalione, although it does not appear to have been performed during his lifetime. Through his life, Donizetti wrote about 70 operas, but an… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [God loves us all, O sweet is the thought]
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Incipit: 51355 65313 27556
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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Exultant Praises #52

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Heart Hymns #52

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Himnos Selectos #235

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Himnos Selectos #294

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Living Praise #44

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Progressive Sunday School Songs #154

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The Voice of Praise #28

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