ST. EDMUND (Sullivan)

Composer: Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army band­master and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. EDMUND (Sullivan)
Composer: Arthur Sullivan (1872)
Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4
Incipit: 11117 25565 53332
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

I'm But a Stranger Here

I'm but a stranger here,
Heaven is my home;
Earth is a desert drear;
Heaven is my home:
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand;
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home.

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Nearer to Thee

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 232
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 232
  • 200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 146
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Andrew Moore
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 183
  • Two Hundred One Hymn Tune Prelude Miniatures
    Composer/Editor Mark Winchester
    Published By: Frog Music (2005) pp. 157
  • Restrained Last Verses: Varied Accompaniments for Popular Hymns
    Composer/Editor Timothy Blinko
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2003) pp. 133
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 146
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 118
  • More Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1997) pp. 76
  • Finishing Touch: One Hundred Last Verse Arrangements of Well-Known Hymn Tunes - New and Enlarged Edition
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 49
  • After the Last Verse: 200 Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1995) pp. 146
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 26: General: Gott ist - Herr, ich
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Steven Wente
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1984) pp. 39
  • Hymns and Their Variations: For All Organs
    Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
    Published By: Charles H. Hansen Music Corporation (1962) pp. 51

Organ Solo

  • Hymn Prelude Library Volume Five Tunes HI: Lutheran Service Book
    Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Franklin D. Ashdown
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2014) pp. 14
  • Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists Volume 2 Epiphany: 20 Original Pieces on Hymns for Epiphany, the Baptism of Christ, and The Transfiguration
    Composer/Editors Rebecca Groom Te Velde; David Blackwell; Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Oxford University Press (2014) pp. 46
  • Footsteps of Jesus: Favorite Hymns and Gospel Songs for Organ
    Composer/Editor Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2012) pp. 28
  • Composer/Editor Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2005) pp. 9
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 69 Number 2 November December 2005: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Franklin Ritter
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2005) pp. 89
  • The Organist's Library Volume 40
    Composer/Editor Franklin Ritter
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2005) pp. 89
  • The Organist's Library Volume 36
    Composer/Editor Gerald Peterson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2004) pp. 86
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 67 Number 2 November December 2003: A Bi-monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Gerald Peterson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 86
  • PedalPoint Volume 4 Number 4 October November December 1985: Church Music and Study Helps for Pianists and Organists
    Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; A. P. Van Iderstine
    Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1985) pp. 18
  • PedalPoint Volume 5 Number 1 October November December 1985: Church Music and Study Helps for Pianists and Organists
    Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; A. P. Van Iderstine
    Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1985) pp. 18
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 26: General: Gott ist - Herr, ich
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Steven Wente
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1984) pp. 38
  • Ashford's Hymn Voluntaries No. 1: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries Based on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Emma Louise Ashford
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1901) pp. 74

Piano Solo

  • Sacred Piano Transcriptions
    Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
    Published By: Shattinger International Publications (1967) pp. 44

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Amazing Grace and other Popular Hymn Duets: For Organ and Piano
    Published By: Charles Hansen Muksic & Books, Inc. (1977) pp. 10

Voices: Vocal Solo

  • Famous Hymns: Academic Edition Medium Voice with Accompaniment for Piano or Organ
    Composer/Editor G. Martaine
    Published By: Academic Music Co. (1908) pp. 13

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #307
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #1266
Text: Draw Thou My Soul, O Christ
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #2923
Text: I'm But a Stranger Here
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #15307
Text: Мой в небе край родной
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #15361
Text: Let Not Thy Hands Be Slack
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 19 of 19)

Ambassador Hymnal #612

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #307

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Christian Worship (1993) #417

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Christian Worship #853

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #264

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #274

TextPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #474

Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #493

Hymns of the Saints #168

TextPage Scan

Lutheran Service Book #748

TextPage Scan

Lutheran Worship #515

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #262

TextPage Scan

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #582

Audio

Small Church Music #2101

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1266

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2923

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15307

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15361

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship #103

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