[Wo findet die Seele die Heimat der Ruh']

[Wo findet die Seele die Heimat der Ruh']

Composer: H. R. Bishop
Published in 44 hymnals


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Composer: H. R. Bishop

Bishop, Henry Rowley, was born at London, Nov. 18, 1786, and died at London, April 30, 1855. See a full notice in the Dictionary of Nat. Biog., v., 91. From 1840 he was occasional and from 1843 to 1848 sole conductor of the Antient Concerts. Of his Twelve Corales...as sung at the Concerts of Ancient Music, for which (with Words expressly written to them) they were adapted and arranged by Sir Henry R. Bishop, 1844 (B. M. copy is H. 878), some are fairly literal translations from the German, others have no connection with their nominal originals. Three were noted in this Dictionary, but their source not having been traced in 1892, we now subjoin them:— 1. Behold, how glorious is yon sky, p. 127, ii. This is from "Wie herrlich ist die… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Wo findet die Seele die Heimat der Ruh']
Composer: H. R. Bishop
Incipit: 55355 35424 33346
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Netherlands melody
Copyright: Public Domain

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Ashford's Hymn Voluntaries No. 2: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries Based on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Emma Louise Ashford
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1910) pp. 6

Instances

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