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REST (Elvey)

REST (Elvey)

Composer: George J. Elvey
Published in 5 hymnals


Composer: George J. Elvey

George Job Elvey (b. Canterbury, England, 1816; d. Windlesham, Surrey, England, 1893) As a young boy, Elvey was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Living and studying with his brother Stephen, he was educated at Oxford and at the Royal Academy of Music. At age nineteen Elvey became organist and master of the boys' choir at St. George Chapel, Windsor, where he remained until his retirement in 1882. He was frequently called upon to provide music for royal ceremonies such as Princess Louise's wedding in 1871 (after which he was knighted). Elvey also composed hymn tunes, anthems, oratorios, and service music. Bert Polman Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: REST (Elvey)
Composer: George J. Elvey
Meter: 8.8.8.4
Incipit: 33355 64444 37
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Church Hymnal #471

Church Hymnal #471
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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #630

Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #630
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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #790b

Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #790b
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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #341a

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #341a
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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #495

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #495
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