ST. BRIDE

Composer: Samuel Howard

Samuel Howard (b. London, England, 1710; d. London, 1782) composed ST. BRIDE as a setting for Psalm 130 in William Riley's London psalter, Parochial Harmony (1762). The melody originally began with "gathering" notes at the beginning of each phrase. The tune's title is a contraction of St. Bridget, the London church on Fleet Street where Howard was organist (the church was destroyed in an air raid in 1940).

Howard was a chorister in the Chapel Royal and later sang tenor in a chorus for Georg Friederich Handel. But his main career was as an organist: he held concurrent organist positions at St. Bride, Fleet Street (1736-1782), and St. Clement Dane, The Strand (1769-1782). A composer of many songs, cantatas, and theater music, Howard assisted William Boyce (PHH 553) in the compiling of Cathedral Music (1760-1773). His church music includes a number of anthems and hymn tunes.

Erik Routley (PHH 31) described ST. BRIDE as "one of the best short-meter tunes available" because of the "girder-like effect of the long downward scale contrasting with the arch-like shape of the other three phrases" (The Music of Christian Hymns, p. 71). The tune is constructed with a sensitive balance of melodic steps and leaps. Sing in harmony at a deliberate pace that permits consideration of the literary device in the text.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

Timeline

• Store
• Arrangements

PowerPoint GIVE TO THE WINDS THY FEARS (Presbyterian Hymnal 286) MAKE ME A CAPTIVE, LORD (Gray Psalter 546) More PowerPoint...

• FlexScores
• Additional Scores
• Audio

Instrument/Format AccompanimentAlto SaxBassBassoonBulletin (harmony)Bulletin (melody)CelloClarinetFluteHornLarge PrintLead SheetOboePewProjection (harmony)Projection (melody)Tenor SaxTromboneTrumpetTubaViolaViolin

Hymn Instance Common Praise (1998) #605Glory to God: the... #271

You have access to this FlexScore.
Download:

Are parts of this score outside of your desired range? Try transposing this FlexScore.

General Settings

Stanza Selection

Voice Selection

Text size

Text size:

-3 -2 -1 +0 +1 +2 +3 +4

Music size

Music size:

-8 -6 -4 -2 +0 +2 +4 +6 +8 +10

Transpose (Half Steps)

Transpose (Half Steps):

-12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 None 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Capo

Capo:

None 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Contacting server...

Contacting server...

$2.99 Purchase the FlexScore for this hymn instance (licensed for a single user) $11.99 Purchase all of the FlexScore instruments/formats for this hymn instance (licensed for all instrumentalists in your church or organization) $39.99 Purchase a FlexScore subscription and get unlimited access to all public domain FlexScores for one year
	Questions? Check out the FAQ

A separate copy of this score must be purchased for each choir member. If this score will be projected or included in a bulletin, usage must be reported to a licensing agent (e.g. CCLI, OneLicense, etc).

This is a preview of your FlexScore.

Page Scans

View Page

Hymns to the Living God (2017), p.250