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Hark! Bright Angels Sweetly Sing

Author: Richard Robert Chope Appears in 5 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal First Line: Hark! bright angels sweetly sing Lyrics: 1 Hark! bright angels sweetly sing In the glorious Easter sky, How from death the Lord our king Rose henceforth no more to die, Rose henceforth no more to die. 2 Vainly soldiers tried to hold Holy Jesus in the grave, Sealed the stone, as they were told, At the entrance to the cave, At the entrance to the cave. 3 For on this day, Jesus said, He would rise in triumph high; Rise all glorious from the dead, Clothed with light and majesty, Clothed with light and majesty. 4 We must die as Jesus died, But we hope with Him to rise— And in bodies glorified, Reign with Him beyond the skies, Reign with Him beyond the skies. 5 Alleluia! evermore, Alleluia! angels sing, Alleluia! we adore Thee, O Christ, our God, and king, Thee, O Christ, our God, and king! Used With Tune: [Hark! bright angels sweetly sing] Text Sources: Hymnal with Music for Children by H. S. Hoffman and James A. Moore (Philadelphia: William F. Shaw, 1887)

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[Hark! bright Angels sweetly sing]

Appears in 428 hymnals Hymnal Title: Rich in Blessing Incipit: 34517 65123 54323 Used With Text: Hark! the Song

[Hark! bright angels sweetly sing]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Herbert Stephen Irons Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 34556 54332 34567 Used With Text: Hark! Bright Angels Sweetly Sing

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Hark! bright Angels sweetly sing

Hymnal: Carols Old and Carols New #160 (1916) Hymnal Title: Carols Old and Carols New Topics: Easter Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark! bright Angels sweetly sing]

Hark! bright angels sweetly sing

Hymnal: Hymnal with Music for Children #245 (1888) Hymnal Title: Hymnal with Music for Children Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark! bright angels sweetly sing]

Hark! bright angels sweetly sing

Hymnal: Hymnal with Music for Children #245 (1887) Hymnal Title: Hymnal with Music for Children Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark! bright angels sweetly sing]

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Richard R. Chope

1830 - 1928 Person Name: Richard Robert Chope Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Author of "Hark! Bright Angels Sweetly Sing" in The Cyber Hymnal Chope, Richard Robert, M.A., born Sept. 21, 1830, educated at Exeter College, Oxford, B.A., 1855, and took Holy Orders as Curate of Stapleton, 1856. During his residence at Stapleton the necessities of the Choir led him to plan his Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1857. In 1858 he took the Curacy of Sherborne, Dorset; in the following year that of Upton Scudamore, where he undertook the training of the Chorus of the Warminster district for the first Choral Festival in Salisbury Cathedral; and in 1861 that of Brompton. The enlarged edition of The Congregational Hymn Book was published 1862, and The Canticles, Psalter, &c, of the Prayer Book, Noted and Pointed, during the same year. In 1865 he was preferred to the parish of St. Augustine's, Queen's Gate, South Kensington, and subsequently published Carols for Use in Church during Christmas and Epiphany, 1875; Carols for Easier and Other Tides, 1887; and other works. Mr. Chope has been one of the leaders in the revival and reform of Church Music as adapted to the Public Services. He was one of the originators of The Choir and Musical Record, and was for some time the proprietor and assistant editor of the Literary Churchman. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Herbert Stephen Irons

1834 - 1905 Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Composer of "[Hark! bright angels sweetly sing]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: January 19, 1834, Canterbury, Kent, England. Died: June 29, 1905, Nottingham, England. Irons was a nephew of the brothers Stephen & George Elvey. He became a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under T. E. Jones. After studying music under Stephen Elvey at Oxford, he was appointed organist at St. Columba’s College, a large public school at Rathfarnham, near Dublin, Ireland. He stayed there only a few months before being offered the position of organist at Southwell Minister. From Southwell, he went to Chester as assistant organist to Frederic Gunton. Three years later, he accepted an appointment at St. Andrew’s Church, Nottingham, where he remained until his death. --www.hymntime.com/tch