PETITION (Haydn)

Composer: Joseph Haydn

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 tune… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: PETITION (Haydn)
Composer: Joseph Haydn (arr.)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Incipit: 53217 76514 32117
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving: Hymn Settings for Organ
    Composer/Editor Dennis R. Johnson
    Published By: The FJH Music Company, Inc. (2002) pp. 4
  • The Psaltery Organ Book
    Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Psaltery Music Publications (1983) pp. 5

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4237
Text: My God, My Portion, and My Love
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #6199
Text: Sometimes a Light Surprises
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Small Church Music #5488
Text: 望斷以及於耶穌 (O eyes that are weary)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)

Glaubenslieder #386

Hymns and Psalms #571b

Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #497

Audio

Small Church Music #525

Audio

Small Church Music #5488

TextPage Scan

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #496

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4237

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6199

Text

Together in Song #128

Include 25 pre-1979 instances
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