Tune: CORNWALL (Wesley)

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CORNWALL (Wesley)

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Published in 24 hymnals

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Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music Sy… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	CORNWALL (Wesley)
Composer:	Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Meter:	8.8.6.8.8.6
Incipit:	35321 17653 21436
Key:	D Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Not Far Beyond the Sea, Nor High

O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art

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Arrangements

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Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 51
Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 51
The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
Composer/Editor Robert Jones
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 38
150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
Composer/Editor Andrew Moore
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 33
200 New Last Verses
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 47

Organ Solo

Easy Organ Library Volume 68
Composer/Editor Lani Smith
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2020) pp. 90
100 New Hymn Preludes
Composer/Editor Rosalie Bonighton
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 70
Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor June Nixon
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 38