DARLEY

DARLEY

Composer: W. H. W. Darley
Published in 16 hymnals


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Composer: W. H. W. Darley

Born: Sep­tem­ber 9, 1801. Died: Ju­ly 31, 1872. Buried: Laur­el Hill Cem­e­tery, Phil­a­delphia, Penn­syl­van­ia. William Henry Westray Darley was a multi-talented compiler and organist in pre-Civil War Philadelphia. He was something of a polymath. The son of two popular English actors, John and Eleanore Westray Darley, Willaim Henry was credited by Durang for arranging the score for Weber’s Der Feichütz, given at the Chesnut on March 18, 1825, and also taking the part of Wilhelm in that production. In 1839, Darley, now the organist at Saint Stephen’s, and listed in the city directories as a “professor of music,” began a co-authorship with John C. B. Stanbridge. Darley was a director of Philadelphia’s mos… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: DARLEY
Composer: W. H. W. Darley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 15332 17117 625
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #4408
Text: My God, Accept My Early Vows
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The Cyber Hymnal #4408

Include 15 pre-1979 instances
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