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PEREZ (Main)

PEREZ (Main)

Composer: Sylvester Main (1864)
Published in 11 hymnals


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

Composer: Sylvester Main

Died: October 5, 1873. Main, a singing school teacher, partnered with Lucius Biglow to take over William Bradbury’s business in 1867, forming the well known Biglow & Main publishing house. His son was Hubert Main. "Among the playmates who used to gather on the village green was Sylvester Main, who was two or three years older than I. He was a prime favorite with the gentler sex, for he used to protect us from the annoyances of more mischievous boys. In the autumn of 1834 mother and I left Ridgefield and went to live again in Westchester County; and I then bade my friend, Sylvester, adieu. Not until thirty years later did we meet again, this time, strangely enough, in the office of William B. Bradbury with whom he was afterwards… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: PEREZ (Main)
Composer: Sylvester Main (1864)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Incipit: 53345 64422 34535
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3345
Text: Jesus Is Our Shepherd
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Small Church Music #7127
Text: Ry fanahy ory (O distressed soul)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #568

Audio

Small Church Music #7127

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3345

TextAudioPage Scan

نظم المرامير #379

Include 7 pre-1979 instances
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