SONG 5

SONG 5

Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1623)
Published in 15 hymnals


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Composer: Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons (baptised 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was a leading composer in the England of his day. Gibbons was born in Cambridge and christened at Oxford the same year – thus appearing in Oxford church records. Between 1596 and 1598 he sang in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where his brother Edward Gibbons (1568–1650), eldest of the four sons of William Gibbons, was master of the choristers. The second brother Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603) was also a promising composer, but died young. Orlando entered the university in 1598 and achieved the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1606. James I appointed him a Gentleman of th… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: SONG 5
Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1623)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 55564 53223 45143

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: By Fifty American Composers
    Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
    Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 54

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #963

Audio

Small Church Music #5894

TextPage Scan

The New English Hymnal #358a

TextPage Scan

The New English Hymnal #455

Include 11 pre-1979 instances
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