WRESTLING JACOB (Wesley)

WRESTLING JACOB (Wesley)

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Published in 12 hymnals


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Audio files: Recording

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: WRESTLING JACOB (Wesley)
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Incipit: 13523 2123

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Creative Hymn Accompaniments for Organ: Volume 3
    Composer/Editor Gerhard Krapf
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1996) pp. 10
  • Music Supplement II: The United Methodist Hymnal: Alternate Harmonizations Edition
    Composer/Editor Robert C. Bennett
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1993) pp. 34

Organ Solo

  • The Organist Volume 120 Number 4 September October 2016: The Service Music Companion for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Carson P. Cooman; Patricia Lou Harris
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2016) pp. 19
  • The Essential Dale Wood: 40 Classic Hymn Tune Settings for Organ
    Composer/Editor Dale Wood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2013) pp. 37
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 47 Number 6 July August 2013: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Douglas E. Wagner; Dale Wood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2013) pp. 17
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 65 Number 6 July August 2002: A Bi-monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; James Mansfield
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2002) pp. 13
  • New Look at the Old: Seven Creative Hymn Settings for Organ
    Composer/Editor J. Bert Carlson
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1999) pp. 4
  • The Organist Volume 100 Number 1 March 1996: A Bi-Monthly Publication for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gregg Sewell; Patricia Lou Harris
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1996) pp. 6

Piano Solo

  • The Church Pianist Volume 28 Number 6 July August 2012: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Larry F. Pugh; Jason W. Krug
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2012) pp. 92
  • Celtic Hymn Settings for Piano
    Composer/Editor Larry Shackley
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2001) pp. 13
  • Around the World: Six Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Mark Dorian
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1995) pp. 6
  • The Church Pianist Volume 6 Number 5 May June 1990: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1990) pp. 25

Voices: Vocal Solo

  • Sweet Singer : Hymns of Charles Wesley
    Composer/Editor Steven Kimbrough
    Published By: Chapel Hill Music, Inc. (1987) pp. 21

Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)

An Nou Chanté! #30

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #134a

Cántico Nuevo #238

Hymns and Psalms #434a

Singing the Faith #461a

Audio

Small Church Music #1515

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #312a

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #339

Page Scan

The Oxford Hymn Book #162

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #341

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #342

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #343

Exclude 7 pre-1979 instances
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