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CROSSING THE BAR

Meter: Irregular Appears in 52 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Barnby Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 33355 11446 62234 Used With Text: Sunset and Evening Star

Crossing the bar

Appears in 172 hymnals First Line: Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! Used With Tune: CROSSING THE BAR

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Crossing the bar

Hymnal: The Students' Hymnal #207 (1912) First Line: Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! Languages: English Tune Title: CROSSING THE BAR

Author: Alfred Tennyson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1093 First Line: Sunset and evening star Lyrics: 1. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea. 2. But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam. When that which drew from the boundless deep Turns again home. 3. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark. 4. For, though from out our bourne of time and place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. Languages: English Tune Title: [Sunset and evening star]

Crossing the Bar

Author: Alfred Tennyson Hymnal: Funeral Hymns and Songs #14 (1924) First Line: Sunset and evening-star Languages: English Tune Title: [Sunset and evening-star]

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Joseph Barnby

1838 - 1896 Person Name: J. Barnby Composer of "CROSSING THE BAR" in The Students' Hymnal Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873). Bert Polman

Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

1809 - 1892 Person Name: Alfred Tennyson Author of "Crossing the Bar" in The Cyber Hymnal Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, son of the Rev. G. C. Tennyson, Rector of Somersby, Lincolnshire, was born at Somersby, Aug. 6, 1809; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; appointed Poet Laureate in 1850, and raised to the Peerage in 1884. Although Lord Tennyson has not written any hymns, extracts from his poems are sometimes used as such, as "Strong Son of God, immortal Love" (Faith in the Son of God), from the Introduction to his In Memoriam, 1850; the well-known "Too late, too late, ye cannot enter now," and others. The former is sometimes given as "Spirit of immortal Love," and again as "Eternal God, immortal Love." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)