HAMPTON (Wesley)

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.D. (1810-1876)

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 >

Tune Information

Title: HAMPTON (Wesley)
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.D. (1810-1876)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 34565 43215 31765
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Ten Chorale Improvisations Set V
    Composer/Editor Paul O. Manz
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1974) pp. 11
  • Seven Chorale Preludes Set 1: Original Compositions (New Series) No. 1
    Composer/Editor Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1912) pp. 8
  • Seven Chorale Preludes Set I: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1912) pp. 8

Instances

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #183

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