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HANDY (Holbrook)

HANDY (Holbrook)

Composer: Joseph P. Holbrook
Published in 10 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Joseph P. Holbrook

Joseph P. Holbrook was a tune writer in the parlor music style, and used the popular melodies of Mason and Hastings, Bradbury and Root, Greatorex and Kingsley in his collections. He furnished settings for the choir hymns in Songs for the Sanctuary in his Quartet and chorus Choir (New York, 1871, and sought more recogniation than had been given him in a hymnal of his own, Worship in Song (New York, 1880); a book that found no welcome. from The English hymn: its development and use in worship By Louis FitzGerald Benson Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: HANDY (Holbrook)
Composer: Joseph P. Holbrook
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 33451 65335 32323
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1198
Text: Deceit and Falsehood I Abhor
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #1198

The Cyber Hymnal #1198
Include 9 pre-1979 instances
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