OFFERTORIUM

Composer: Michael Haydn

Johann Michael Haydn Austria 1737-1806. Born at Rohrau, Austria, the son of a wheelwright and town mayor (a very religious man who also played the harp and was a great influence on his sons' religious thinking), and the younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn, he became a choirboy in his youth at the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Vienna, as did his brother, Joseph, an exceptional singer. For that reason boys both were taken into the church choir. Michael was a brighter student than Joseph, but was expelled from music school when his voice broke at age 17. The brothers remained close all their lives, and Joseph regarded Michael's religious works superior to his own. Michael played harpsichord, violin, and organ, earning a precarious living… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: OFFERTORIUM
Composer: Michael Haydn (1737-1806, adapt.)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6
Incipit: 34511 76715 53234
Key: C Major/D Major
Source: Adaptation
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Notes

OFFERTORIUM is adapted from the offertorium of a choral Mass by Johann Michael Haydn (b. Rohrau, Austria, 1737; d. Salzburg, Austria, 1806). It first was treated as a hymn tune in the 1916 supplement to Hymns Ancient and Modern with William Cowper's "Sometimes a Light Surprises." This music suggests part singing and a stately tempo suitable for a solemn blessing.

Younger brother of the more famous Franz Joseph, J. Michael was a chorister, vocal soloist, and substitute organist at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. He served as music director to the bishop of Grosswarden, Hungary (1757-1762), and as concertmaster for the Archbishop of Salzburg (1762-1806). A devout Roman Catholic, Haydn composed both orchestral and church music, much of it still unpublished (and sometimes confused with his brother's music). He also edited Der Heilige Gesang zum Gottesdienste in der Romisch¬katholischen Kirche (1790). Some of his music has been used as sources for hymn tunes.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 190
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 190
  • 200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 116
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Andrew Moore
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 153
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 113
  • After the Last Verse: 200 Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1995) pp. 116

Organ Solo

  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 214
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Ancient and Modern #108

Ancient and Modern #108
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Ancient and Modern #471

Ancient and Modern #471
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Ancient and Modern #519

Ancient and Modern #519

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #796

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #796

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #821

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #821
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Common Praise #93

Common Praise #93
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Common Praise #572

Common Praise #572

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #714

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #714
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CPWI Hymnal #475

CPWI Hymnal #475
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CPWI Hymnal #626

CPWI Hymnal #626

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #108

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #108
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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #107

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #107
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Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #67

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #67
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Rejoice in the Lord #159

Rejoice in the Lord #159
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Small Church Music #1604

Small Church Music #1604
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The Cyber Hymnal #4830

The Cyber Hymnal #4830

The New English Hymnal #310

The New English Hymnal #310
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