ST. SEPULCHRE

ST. SEPULCHRE

Composer: George Cooper
Published in 28 hymnals


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Composer: George Cooper

Cooper (ac­tu­al­ly George Coop­er III) came from a long line of or­gan­ists who played at St. Se­pul­chre’s Church, Newgate Street, London, through­out the 19th Cen­tu­ry. One of his ear­li­est ap­point­ments was to St. Benet’s Church in Up­per Thames Street, where lat­er John Stain­er of­fi­ci­a­ted (1854-56). Coop­er was al­so one of the or­gan­ists of the Cha­pel Roy­al, was or­gan­ist and mu­sic mas­ter at Christ’s Hos­pi­tal, and in 1843, he suc­ceed­ed his fa­ther as as­sist­ant to John Goss at St. Paul’s. He was the first ed­it­or to su­per­vise the pro­duct­ion of the new Wes­ley­an Tune-Book (both he and his suc­cess­or Gaunt­lett passed away while the work was in pro­gres… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. SEPULCHRE
Composer: George Cooper
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 15651 45351 24443
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Jesus, where'er thy people meet

Coming to Christ

When at Thy footstool, Lord, I bend,
And plead with Thee for mercy there,
Think of the sinner's dying Friend,
And for His sake receive my prayer.

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Jesu, Thou joy of loving hearts!

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. 245
  • 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. 245
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 175

Organ Solo

  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Rosalie Bonighton
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 244
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 164

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1203
Text: Deep Are the Wounds That Sin Has Made
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #2140
Text: Happy the Man Whose Cautious Feet
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #7131
Text: When at Thy Footstool, Lord, I Bend
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)
Text

Ancient and Modern #689a

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #374

Page Scan

Common Praise #486a

TextPage Scan

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #367b

Hymns and Psalms #150

Hymns and Psalms #415

Audio

Small Church Music #1557

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1203

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2140

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #7131

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #T20

TextPage Scan

The New English Hymnal #390

Include 16 pre-1979 instances
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