EMMANUEL (Beethoven)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: EMMANUEL (Beethoven)
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1827)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 51113 21522 432
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Ambassador Hymnal #273

TextPage Scan

Moravian Book of Worship #703

Audio

Small Church Music #2129

Text

生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #186

Include 44 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us