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My soul in silence waits for God

Appears in 16 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Bible Songs Hymnal Used With Tune: [My soul in silence waits for God]

[My soul in silence waits for God]

Appears in 613 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason Hymnal Title: The Bible Songs Hymnal Incipit: 13565 11651 35565 Used With Text: My soul in silence waits for God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Presbyterian Hymnal Tune Sources: Este's Psalmes, 1592; Songs of Syon, 1910, as in Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 11233 22113 34755 Used With Text: My Soul in Silence Waits for God

SAWLEY

Appears in 223 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James Walch Hymnal Title: The Psalter Hymnal Incipit: 17653 47653 21716 Used With Text: My soul in silence waits for God

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My Rock of Strength

Hymnal: Bible Songs No. 4 #131 (1917) Hymnal Title: Bible Songs No. 4 First Line: My soul in silence waits for God Scripture: Psalm 62 Languages: English Tune Title: [My soul in silence waits for God]

My soul in silence waits for God

Hymnal: Bible Songs #d103 (1924) Hymnal Title: Bible Songs Languages: English

My Soul in Silence Waits for God

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) #110 (1976) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Hymnal Title: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) First Line: Mysoul in silence waits for God Topics: Covetousness; Dependence On God, On Christ; Rock, God, Christ, Our; Vanity Of Riches; Waiting upon God ; Justice, God'S; Helper, God Our Scripture: Psalm 62 Languages: English Tune Title: SERAPH

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Gottfried W. Fink

1783 - 1846 Person Name: Gottfried Wilhelm Fink Hymnal Title: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) Composer of "SERAPH" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue) Rv Gottfried Wilhelm Fink PhD Germany 1783-1846. Born at Sulza, Thuringa, Germany, he was a German composer, music theorist, poet, and a protestant clergyman. From 1804-1808 he studied at the University of Leipzig, where he joined the Corps Lusatia, where he made his first attempts at composition and poetry. In 1811 he was appointed Vicar in Leipzig for some years, where he also founded an educational institution, leading it until 1829. Around 1800 he worked for the “Allgemeine musikalische Zeitschrift” (General musical mazazine). In 1827 he became the magazine's editor-in-chief for 15 years. From 1838 he was a lecturer at the University of Leipzig. In 1841 he became a Privatdozent of musicology at the university. That year he became a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, and a year later was appointed university Music Director. He was highly esteemed throughout his life as a music theorist and composer, receiving numberous honors and awards, both at home and abroad. The Faculty of Philosophy at Leipzig University awarded him an honorary doctorate. He wrote mostly Songs and ballads and collected songs as well. He authored important words on music theory and history, but was best known as editor of the “Musikalischer Hausschatz der Germans”, a collection of about 1000 songs and chants, as well as the “Deutsche Liedertafel” (German song board), a collection of polyphonic songs sung by men. He died at Leipzig, Saxony. John Perry

Anonymous

Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Author of "My Soul in Silence Waits for God" in The Cyber 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.