ST. MICHAEL NEW

ST. MICHAEL NEW

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1872)
Published in 3 hymnals


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Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Wesley, M.A., the younger, was the eldest child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born in or near London in 1691. He received his early education from his mother, who always took a special interest in him as her firstborn. In 1704 he went to Westminster School, where he was elected King's Scholar in 1707. Westminster had, under the mastership of Dr. Busby for 55 years, attained the highest reputation for scholarship, and Samuel Wesley, as a classical scholar, was not unworthy of his school. In 1709, Dr. Spratt, Bishop of Rochester, patronised the young scholar, and frequently invited him to Bromley. In 1711 he went with a Westminster studentship to Christ Church, Oxford, and having taken his degree, returned to Westminster as an… Go to person page >

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Title: ST. MICHAEL NEW
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1872)
Meter: 10.10.12.10
Incipit: 35317 12321 23455
Key: E♭ Major
Source: European Psalmist, 1872
Copyright: Public Domain

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Small Church Music #5290

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The Cyber Hymnal #4726

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