[The King of love my Shepherd is] (Gounod)

Composer: Gounod

Charles F. Gounod (b. Paris, France, 1818; d. St. Cloud, France, 1893) was taught initially by his pianist mother. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatory, won the "Grand Prix de Rome" in 1839, and continued his musical training in Vienna, Berlin, and Leipzig. Though probably most famous for his opera Faust (1859) and other instrumental music (including his Meditation sur le Prelude de Bach, to which someone added the Ave Maria text for soprano solo), Gounod also composed church music-four Masses, three Requiems, and a Magnificat. His smaller works for church use were published as Chants Sacres. When he lived in England (1870-1875), Gounod became familiar with British cathedral music and served as conductor of what later became the Royal… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [The King of love my Shepherd is] (Gounod)
Composer: Gounod
Incipit: 33451 32213 25545
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

The King of Love My Shepherd Is

The King of love my shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never.
I nothing lack if I am his,
and he is mine forever.

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 52 Number 6 August 1989: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Charles-François Gounod
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 18
  • The Organist's Library Volume 8
    Composer/Editor Charles-François Gounod
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 18
  • Easy Organ Music for Lent and Easter
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Charles-François Gounod
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1982) pp. 9
  • Favorite Hymn-Tune Voluntaries For Organ
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Franklin Ritter
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1982) pp. 9
  • The Amateur Organist No. 86: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Charles-François Gounod
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1981) pp. 37

Instances

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