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WESTERHAM

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Composer: William C. Filby

Baptized: St. Paul, January 16, 1833, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England. Died: June 22, 1913, Richmond, Surrey, England. Son of William and Lucy Filby, William studied in France, and played the organ at St. Peter’s Church, Hammersmith (1849); Bromley Parish Church, Kent (1853); the London churches of St. Peter, Walworth; St. Matthew, Bayswater; and St. Luke, Westbourne Park; Holy Trinity, Margate, Kent; Holy Trinity, Stepney, London; and St. Paul, West Greenwich, London (1884). He also served as organist at the International Exhibitions of 1882 and of 1885, wrote and lectured on church music, opera and music education, and composed organ voluntaries, operettas, songs, part songs and choruses. --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: WESTERHAM
Composer: William C. Filby
Meter: 10 S.
Incipit: 56351 76234 65171
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to faceDark is the sky that overhangs my soulHighcharts.com
Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face

Dark is the sky that overhangs my soul

Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals189418951896189718981899190019011902190319041905050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

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