[Sweet and low, sweet and low] (Barnby)

[Sweet and low, sweet and low] (Barnby)

Composer: Joseph Barnby
Published in 42 hymnals


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Composer: Joseph Barnby

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 in… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Sweet and low, sweet and low] (Barnby)
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Incipit: 33655 11765 46536
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3416
Text: Joy and Light
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Small Church Music #5552
Text: 更美地 (More beautiful)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #533

Audio

Small Church Music #5552

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3416

Include 39 pre-1979 instances
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