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[Merry Christmas bells are ringing] (Holden)

[Merry Christmas bells are ringing] (Holden)

Composer: Albert J. Holden
Published in 4 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Albert J. Holden

A Founder of the American Guild of Organists and composer and editor of numerous pieces and collections of sacred music (of which perhaps Songs of Faith, Hope and Love, 1883, is best known), Albert Junos Holden was born in Boston on August 17, 1841. He studied in New York City, and served there as organist of the Church of the Divine Paternity (Universalist) and of the Church of the Puritans (Presbyterian). His sacred solo "In Heavenly Love Abiding" was recorded by the "Metropolitan Quartet" on an Edison Blue Amberol cylinder, No. 3813, in 1919. He died in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, on July 16, 1916. (source: AGO Founders Hymnal, p. 98) Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Merry Christmas bells are ringing] (Holden)
Composer: Albert J. Holden
Incipit: 55556 71217 17766
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Cyber Hymnal #11518

The Cyber Hymnal #11518
Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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