WIGAN (Wesley)

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842­-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music Sy… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: WIGAN (Wesley)
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Meter: 6.6.6.4.8.8.4
Incipit: 13243 65432 17132
Key: f minor

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Easy Organ Library Volume 51
    Composer/Editor Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2012) pp. 6
  • Glory in the Cross: Compelling Organ Music for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter
    Composer/Editors Dennis Eliot; James Mansfield
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2012) pp. 40
  • The Organist Volume 115 Number 1 March April 2011: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2011) pp. 6
  • Lenten Chorales for Organ
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (2002) pp. 9
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 57 Number 4 March 1994: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; James Mansfield
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1994) pp. 64
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 53 Number 3 February 1990: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; John Duro
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1990) pp. 6
  • The Organist's Library Volume 9
    Composer/Editor John Duro
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 6
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 49 Number 3 February 1986 Lenten and Easter Issue: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; George Frideric Handel
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1986) pp. 6
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 8 Number 4 March 1974: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; John Duro
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1974) pp. 12
  • The Parish Organist Part Eleven: Thirty-five Preludes on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editors Willem Mudde; Paul Bouman
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1966) pp. 8
  • Hymntune Preludes for the Organ Volume II: Lent Palm Sunday Easter
    Composer/Editor G. Winston Cassler
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1961) pp. 12
  • Voluntaries For General Church Use Book 1
    Composer/Editor Dorothy Thompson Asman
    Published By: Belwin, Inc. (1958) pp. 2

Piano Solo

  • The Church Pianist Volume 11 Number 4 March April 1995: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; George Frideric Handel
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1995) pp. 26

Voices: Vocal Solo

  • Sacred Solos of Craig Courtney: Ten Choral Anthems Transcribed for Medium Voice and Keyboard
    Composer/Editor Craig Courtney
    Published By: Beckenhorst Press, Inc. (1997) pp. 20

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #363
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #363

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #150

TextPage Scan

Rejoice in the Lord #291

Audio

Small Church Music #1818

Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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