TRISAGION (Smart)

TRISAGION (Smart)

Composer: Henry Thomas Smart (1868)
Published in 24 hymnals


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Composer: Henry Thomas Smart

Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporiza­tions and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: TRISAGION (Smart)
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart (1868)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Incipit: 55653 21223 32154
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 63 Number 3 January February 2000: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Dennis Eliot
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2000) pp. 12
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 179
  • Hymn Preludes for the Liturgical Year Volume IV Minor Festivals: For Organ in 24 Volumes Opus 100
    Composer/Editor Flor Peeters
    Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1966) pp. 15

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1324
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #6327
Text: Stars of the Morning
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1324

TextPage Scan

Common Praise #247a

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #798

Singing the Faith #492

Audio

Small Church Music #1359

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6327

TextPage Scan

The New English Hymnal #193b

Include 17 pre-1979 instances
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