NASSAU (Hastings)

NASSAU (Hastings)

Composer: Thomas Hastings
Published in 3 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: NASSAU (Hastings)
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
Incipit: 55432 14325 17167
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists Volume 4 Easter and Ascension: 29 Original Pieces on Hymns for Easter and Ascension
    Composer/Editors Rebecca Groom Te Velde; David Blackwell; David Thorne
    Published By: Oxford University Press (2015) pp. 66

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #12364
Text: Angel Choirs In Accents Sweet
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #12364

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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