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HIGHEST JOY

HIGHEST JOY

Composer: Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg
Published in 5 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg

Born: De­cem­ber 16, 1842, Stock­holm, Swe­den. Died: Jan­u­a­ry 1, 1918, Berg­vik, Swe­den. Pseudonym: A.S-g. Daughter of a church or­gan­ist, Aman­da stu­died at the Acad­e­my of Mu­sic, and worked as a teach­er, te­le­graph­er, and go­vern­ess. She mar­ried L. M. Waest­er­berg in 1876, and they at­tend­ed the Be­thes­da Church in Stock­holm. Music: DEN HÖGSTA LYCKA --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: HIGHEST JOY
Composer: Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6
Incipit: 51353 42114 56455
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Apparently written for this text
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2412
Text: The Highest Joy
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)
Audio

Small Church Music #5638

Page Scan

The Covenant Hymnal #533

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2412

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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