VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS (Webbe)

VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS (Webbe)

Composer: Samuel Webbe
Published in 54 hymnals


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Composer: Samuel Webbe

Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d. London, 1816) Webbe's father died soon after Samuel was born without providing financial security for the family. Thus Webbe received little education and was apprenticed to a cabinet­maker at the age of eleven. However, he was determined to study and taught himself Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, German, and Italian while working on his apprentice­ship. He also worked as a music copyist and received musical training from Carl Barbant, organist at the Bavarian Embassy. Restricted at this time in England, Roman Catholic worship was freely permitted in the foreign embassies. Because Webbe was Roman Catholic, he became organist at the Portuguese Chapel and later at the Sardinian and Spanish… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS (Webbe)
Composer: Samuel Webbe
Meter: 7.7.7 D
Incipit: 11123 21232 5545
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 297
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 297
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Mark Wardell
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 232
  • Restrained Last Verses: Varied Accompaniments for Popular Hymns
    Composer/Editor Andrew Fletcher
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2003) pp. 153
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 186
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 144
  • More Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1997) pp. 92
  • Finishing Touch: One Hundred Last Verse Arrangements of Well-Known Hymn Tunes - New and Enlarged Edition
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 60
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 102
  • Hymn Tunes with Varied Harmonies Book 8: For Pianoforte or Organ
    Composer/Editor Joseph E. Newell
    Published By: Edwin Ashdown, Limited (London) (1920) pp. 13

Organ Solo

  • Twelve Studies on Old English Hymn-Tunes - Book II Second Set: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Clement Charlton Palmer
    Published By: W. Paxton & Co. Ltd. (1927) pp. 23

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1119
Text: Come, Thou Holy Paraclete
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The Cyber Hymnal #1120
Text: Come, Thou Holy Spirit, Come
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The Cyber Hymnal #2606
Text: Holy Spirit, Come and Shine
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Instances

Instances (1 - 19 of 19)
Text

Ancient and Modern #243

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #139

Catholic Book of Worship III #692

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Common Praise (1998) #636

TextPage Scan

Common Praise #180

TextPage Scan

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #127

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #201

CPWI Hymnal #203

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #92

Hymns and Psalms #284

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #227

Audio

Small Church Music #1241

Audio

Small Church Music #3505

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1119

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1120

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2606

The Liturgy of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives #18

Page Scan

The New English Hymnal #139a

Worship (4th ed.) #541

Include 35 pre-1979 instances
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