ST. HUGH (Hopkins)

ST. HUGH (Hopkins)

Composer: Edward J. Hopkins
Published in 59 hymnals


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Composer: Edward J. Hopkins

Dr Edward John Hopkins MusDoc United Kingdom 1818-1901. Born at Westminster, England, the son of a clarinetist with the Royal Opera House orchestra, he became an organist (as did two of his brothers) and a composer. In 1826 he became a chorister of the Chapel Royal and sang at the coronation of King William IV in Westminster Abbey. He also sang in the choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, a double schedule requiring skill and dexterity. On Sunday evenings he would play the outgoing voluntary at St. Martin’s in-the-field. He left Chapel Royal in 1834 and started studying organ construction at two organ factories. He took an appointment at Mitcham Church as organist at age 16, winning an audition against other organists. Four years later… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. HUGH (Hopkins)
Composer: Edward J. Hopkins
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 11231 52334 65125
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • 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. 239
  • The Organist's Great Big Lent & Easter Book: A Feast of Music for the Greatest Season of the Year
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 166
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Geoffrey Nobes
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 188
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 165
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 122
  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 167

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Great Big Lent & Easter Book: A Feast of Music for the Greatest Season of the Year
    Composer/Editors Rosalie Bonighton; Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 162
  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Christopher Tambling
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 238
  • The Organist's Companion from Lent to Easter: Over 50 Seasonal Pieces for Organ
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 118
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 156
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 83
  • Choral Preludes based on Famous Hymn Tunes Volume 1: Lent
    Composer/Editor Alec Rowley
    Published By: Edwin Ashdown, Limited (London) (1953) pp. 2

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4837
Text: O God of Bethel, by Whose Hand
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #6093
Text: Sing We the Glory of Our God
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #8281
Text: Now Let Us See Thy Beauty, Lord
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 19 of 19)
Text

Ancient and Modern #129

Text

Ancient and Modern #306

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #462

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #478

TextPage Scan

Common Praise #98

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Common Praise #224

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #418

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #490

Hymns and Psalms #679a

Hymns and Psalms #717b

TextPage Scan

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #367

Singing the Faith #650

Audio

Small Church Music #1562

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4837

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6093

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #8281

TextPage Scan

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #P119i

TextPage Scan

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #662

TextPage Scan

The New English Hymnal #406

Include 40 pre-1979 instances
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