LYDIA (Stebbins)

LYDIA (Stebbins)

Composer: George C. Stebbins
Published in 10 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: George C. Stebbins

Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in I… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: LYDIA (Stebbins)
Composer: George C. Stebbins
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Incipit: 56512 76515 43245
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #5605
Text: Praise the Lord in Heavenly Places
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #8060
Text: Hasten, Lord, That Morn Of Glory
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #8477
Text: One Bright Flower Has Drooped And Faded
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #12192
Text: Bear The Burden Of The Present
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #12760
Text: Speak Not Harshly
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5605

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #8060

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #8477

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #12192

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #12760

Include 5 pre-1979 instances
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