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NILSSON

Composer: Ronald A. Nelson

Ronald A. Nelson With degrees from St. Olaf College and the University of Wisconsin Madison, Ronald A. Nelson served for 37 years as Director of Music at Westwood Lutheran Church in suburban Minneapolis, where he has been named Cantor Emeritus and now serves as choir member. Since his retirement he devotes his time to composing, guest conducting, and serving as organist for Chapel Services at Becketwood, the Senior Cooperative where he and his wife Betty Lou reside. In 1999, he was one of 50 composers chosen to write music for the "Continental Harmony" project of the American Composers Forum and National Endowment for the Arts to celebrate the new millennium. That composition, "Building Bridges," received Honorable Mention in the Waging Pe… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: NILSSON
Composer: Ronald A. Nelson
Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain
Incipit: 35323 42335 32342
Key: F Major
Copyright: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship
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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 33: General: Morn - Nun bitten
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Henry V. Gerike
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1985) pp. 37

Organ Solo

  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 33: General: Morn - Nun bitten
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Henry V. Gerike
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1985) pp. 36
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Lutheran Book of Worship #258

Lutheran Book of Worship #258
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