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SABBATS DAG

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 22 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joel Blomquist, 1840-1930 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 53322 11611 66555 Used With Text: Easter Day, Glad Easter Day

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Author: Unknown Hymnal: Ambassador Hymnal #345 (1994) Meter: 7.7.7.7 First Line: Easter Day, glad Easter Day! Topics: Children's Hymns; Easter Languages: English Tune Title: SABBATS DAG

Easter day, glad Easter Day

Hymnal: Little Children, Sing to God #d13 (1960) Languages: English

Easter day, glad Easter Day

Hymnal: Songs for Children, a Collection of Hymns and Other Songs ... #d25 (1942)

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People

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Joël Blomqvist

1840 - 1930 Person Name: Joel Blomquist, 1840-1930 Composer of "SABBATS DAG" in Ambassador Hymnal Blomqvist, Joël. (Stockholm, Sweden, November 15, 1840--October 30, 1930, Kullarstad, Sweden). Swedish Free Church Movement. Upholsterer by trade, lay preacher and singer. Colporteur for Uppsala City Mission, 1874-1878. Wrote about 400 hymn texts in the pietistic tradition and almost as many tunes. Published several hymn collections including Sabbatsklockan, 1877-1878, and Fridstoner, 1879-1882. Edited musical periodical, Fridsrösten, 1884-1886. His works are representative of the Rosenian revival period. Author of "Heavenly Father, Hear My Supplication," (Helige Fader, böj ditt öra neder), "Heavenly Spirit, Gentle Spirit" (Himladuva, Ande ljuva), "Praise the Lord, All Praise and Blessing" (Loven Herren, ty att lova), and "Sabbath Day of Rest and Cheer" (Sabbatsdag, hur skön du är). J. I. Erickson, DNAH Archives

Anonymous

Person Name: Unknown Author of "Easter Day, Glad Easter Day" in Ambassador Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.