[Brightly gleams our banner] (Sullivan)

[Brightly gleams our banner] (Sullivan)

Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan
Published in 8 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army band­master and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The… Go to person page >

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Title: [Brightly gleams our banner] (Sullivan)
Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan
Incipit: 55555 65225 43135
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)
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Calvary Songs #119

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Glad Tidings #110b

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Gospel Hymns No. 3 #92

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Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #186

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International Song Service #40

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Our Song Book #92

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Songs Tried and Proved #130

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The Standard Hymnal #57

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