Tune: HALIFAX

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HALIFAX

Composer: George Frederick Handel (1748)
Published in 14 hymnals

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Composer: George Frederick Handel

George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hy… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	HALIFAX
Composer:	George Frederick Handel (1748)
Meter:	8.6.8.6 D
Incipit:	51112 34554 32121
Key:	f minor
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The World Abounds with God's Free Grace

The world abounds with God's free grace;
What wonders bless the land!
And on through boundless starry space,
God's matchless works expand.

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And Have the Bright Immensities

Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Twenty Intonations on Festive Hymns Volume II
Composer/Editor David M. Lasky
Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1999) pp. 11
Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: By Fifty American Composers
Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 79

Organ Solo

The Organist's Library Volume 56
Composer/Editor Lani Smith
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2014) pp. 44
The Organ Portfolio Volume 77 Number 2 November December 2013: The Service Music Anthology for the Church Organist
Composer/Editors Douglas E. Wagner; Lani Smith
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2013) pp. 10
Music for Organ: Chorale and Hymn Preludes Set 1
Composer/Editor William Thomas Best
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1993) pp. 10