[O listen to our wondrous story]

[O listen to our wondrous story]

Composer: William Owen
Published in 123 hymnals


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Composer: William Owen

Owen, William (‘William Owen of Prysgol,’ 1813-1893), musician; b. 12? Dec. 1813 [in Lônpopty], Bangor, the son of William and Ellen Owen. The father was a quarryman at Cae Braich-y-cafn quarry, Bethesda, and the son began to work in the same quarry when he was ten years old. He learnt music at classes held by Robert Williams (Cae Aseth), at Carneddi, and from William Roberts, Tyn-y-maes, the composer of the hymn-tune ‘Andalusia.’ He wrote his first hymn-tune when he was 18 — it was published in Y Drysorfa for June 1841. After the family had [removed] to [Caesguborwen], Bangor, [sometimes called Cilmelyn] — they had spent some years [at Tŷhen] near the quarry — William Owen formed a temperance choir which sang ‘Cwymp Babil… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [O listen to our wondrous story]
Composer: William Owen
Incipit: 15651 76553 56217
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #554

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #157

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #482

Sacred Selections for the Church #146

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #180

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Small Church Music #1270

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Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #268

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The Cyber Hymnal #7159

Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems #29a

Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems #29b

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