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Hail the Glorious Golden City

Author: Felix Adler, 1851-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 47 hymnals Matching Instances: 47 Lyrics: 1 Hail the glorious golden city, pictured by the seers of old: everlasting light shines o'er it, wondrous tales of it are told. Wise and righteous men and women dwell within its gleaming wall; wrong is banished from its borders, justice reigns supreme o'er all. 2 We are builders of that city. All our joys and all our groans help to rear its shining ramparts; all our lives are building stones. Whether humble or exalted, all are called to task divine; all must aid alike to carry forward one sublime design. 3 And the work that we have builded, oft with bleeding hands and tears, oft in error, and in anguish, will not perish with our years: it will live and shine transfigured in the final reign of right: it will merge into the splendors of the city of the light. Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men In Time To Come; The City; Justice and Equity; Labor; These Things Shall Be Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

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SANCTUARY

Appears in 109 hymnals Matching Instances: 13 Composer and/or Arranger: John B. Dykes Incipit: 51321 65555 53212 Used With Text: Hail the glorious golden city
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AUSTRIA

Appears in 704 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Composer and/or Arranger: Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12324 32716 54323 Used With Text: Hail the Glorious Golden City
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HYFRYDOL

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 544 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Rowland H. Prichard Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 12123 43212 54332 Used With Text: Hail the glorious golden city

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Hail the Glorious Golden City

Author: Felix Adler Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2369 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1. Hail the glorious golden city, Pictured by the seers of old! Everlasting light shines o’er it, Wondrous tales of it are told: Only righteous men and women Dwell within its gleaming wall; Wrong is banished from its borders, Justice reigns supreme o’er all. 2. We are builders of that city, All our joys and all our groans Help to rear its shining ramparts; All our lives are building stones: Whether humble or exalted, All are called to task divine; All must aid alike to carry Forward one sublime design. 3. And the work that we have builded, Oft with bleeding hands and tears, Oft in error, oft in anguish, Will not perish with our years: It will live and shine transfigured, In the final reign of right; It will pass into the splendors Of the city of the light. Languages: English Tune Title: SANCTUARY (Dykes)

Hail the Glorious Golden City

Author: Felix Adler, 1851-1936 Hymnal: Christian Worship #488 (1941) Topics: Social Aspiration and Service Languages: English Tune Title: AUSTRIA
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Hail the glorious golden city

Author: Felix Adler Hymnal: Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #427 (1914) Languages: English Tune Title: SANCTUARY

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Felix Adler

1851 - 1933 Person Name: Felix Adler, 1851-1933 Author of "Hail the Glorious Golden City" in Singing the Living Tradition Adler, Felix, Ph.D. Born in Germany in 1851; taken to New York in 1857; graduated at Columbia College 1870; and Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature at Cornell University, 1874-76. He published in 1877 Creed and Deed. His hymn, "Sing we of the golden city" (City of our Hopes) is in The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904. Sometimes given as "Have you heard of the golden city?" --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Composer of "SANCTUARY (Dykes)" in The Cyber Hymnal As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Joseph Haydn

1732 - 1809 Person Name: Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 Composer of "AUSTRIA" in Christian Worship Franz Joseph Haydn (b. Rohrau, Austria, 1732; d. Vienna, Austria, 1809) Haydn's life was relatively uneventful, but his artistic legacy was truly astounding. He began his musical career as a choirboy in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, spent some years in that city making a precarious living as a music teacher and composer, and then served as music director for the Esterhazy family from 1761 to 1790. Haydn became a most productive and widely respected composer of symphonies, chamber music, and piano sonatas. In his retirement years he took two extended tours to England, which resulted in his "London" symphonies and (because of G. F. Handel's influence) in oratorios. Haydn's church music includes six great Masses and a few original hymn tunes. Hymnal editors have also arranged hymn tunes from various themes in Haydn's music. Bert Polman