PRESTON (Alcock)

PRESTON (Alcock)

Composer: Walter G. Alcock
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Composer: Walter G. Alcock

Walter Galpin Alcock United Kingdom 1861-1947. Born at Edenbridge, Kent, England, the son of the superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Orphanage at Fortescue, Twickenham. He was musically inclined. He won a scholarship to the National Training School for Music at age 15. There, he studied composition with Arthur Sullivan and organ with Sir John Stainer. After several brief posts at Holy Trinity Sloan Street and St Margaret’s Westminster, he was appointed Organ Professor at the Royal College of Music, London, in 1893. That year he married Naomi Blanche Lucas, and they had six daughters and a son: Naomi Judith, Dorothy Grace, Constance Marjorie, Ruth Blanche, Lucy Rachel, Kathleen Stainer, and Richard. In 1896 he was assistant organis… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: PRESTON (Alcock)
Composer: Walter G. Alcock
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Incipit: 11123 16517 67655
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Lord of power, Lord of might

Lord of power, Lord of might;
God and Father of us all;
Lord of day, and Lord of night,
Listen to our solemn call:
Listen, whilst to Thee we raise
Songs of prayer, and songs of praise.

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The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book #324

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