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MATTHEWS (Matthews)

MATTHEWS (Matthews)

Composer: Richard Norton Matthews (1891)
Published in 15 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Richard Norton Matthews

Born: Ju­ly 5, 1869, North Coates, Lin­coln­shire, En­gland. Son of Timothy Matthews.  Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: MATTHEWS (Matthews)
Composer: Richard Norton Matthews (1891)
Meter: 8.3.8.3
Incipit: 17656 71233 32333
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • PedalPoint Volume 12 Number 3 April May June 1993: Church Music and Study Helps for Pianists and Organists
    Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; Dorothy Harrison
    Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1993) pp. 30

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trumpet Descant

  • The Trumpet of the Lord: A Collection of Trumpet Descants for 100 Well-Known Hymns`
    Composer/Editor H. Matthew Ward
    Published By: Park Bench Publishing (2008) pp. 66

Organ Solo

  • PedalPoint Volume 12 Number 3 April May June 1993: Church Music and Study Helps for Pianists and Organists
    Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; Dorothy Harrison
    Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1993) pp. 30
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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6551
Text: There Came a Little Child to Earth
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)
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The Cyber Hymnal #6551

The Cyber Hymnal #6551
Include 14 pre-1979 instances
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