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VERNON (Chapin)

Composer: Lucius Chapin

Lucius Chapin, 1760-1842 Born: Ap­ril 25, 1760, Long­mea­dow (near Spring­field), Mass­a­chu­setts. Died: De­cem­ber 24, 1842, Ham­il­ton Coun­ty, Ohio. Buried: Orig­in­al­ly at Wal­nut Hills Cem­e­te­ry, Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio in 1842. Re­in­terred at Spring Grove Cem­e­te­ry, Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, Jan­u­ary 26, 1858. Lucius’ bro­ther was Am­zi Cha­pin. In 1775, Lu­ci­us joined the Con­ti­nent­al Ar­my in Bos­ton as a fi­fer; re-en­list­ing in 1776, he served at the Bat­tles of Ti­con­der­o­ga and Still­wa­ter, and en­dured the in­fa­mous win­ter of 1777-8 at Val­ley Forge, Penn­syl­van­ia, with George Wash­ing­ton. Af­ter the war, he con­duct­ed sing­ing schools in Ve… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: VERNON (Chapin)
Composer: Lucius Chapin
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Incipit: 35554 35431 23454
Key: d minor
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Easy Organ Library Volume 38: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Steven Scott
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2005) pp. 13
  • The Organist Volume 108 Number 4 September October 2004: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Steven Scott
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2004) pp. 13
  • Hymn Preludes for the Mennonite Hymnal, 1969: For Organ (Or, Occasionally, Piano)
    Composer/Editor Charles Burkhart
    Published By: Goshen College (1970) pp. 27

Piano Solo

  • 9 Early American Hymn Tunes: For Piano
    Composer/Editor James Clemens
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1996) pp. 14

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
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Community of Christ Sings #626

Hymnal #503

Psalms of Grace #39c

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The Cyber Hymnal #8237

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The Cyber Hymnal #11249

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #11483

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The Hymnal 1982 #638

The Sacred Harp #95

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Voices Together #191

Include 15 pre-1979 instances
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