An energetic tune in minor tonality, WELLINGTON SQUARE is a rounded bar form (AABA) built around variations on the first four notes. Though it could be sung in parts by a choir, have the congregation sing in unison with confident tones from the organ.
Guy Warrack (b. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1900; d. Englefield Green, Surrey, England, 1986) composed WELLINGTON SQUARE for the 1931 edition of the British Songs of Praise. In that hymnal it was set to a text by Jan Struther (pseudonym for Joyce Torrens-Graham), "When Stephen, Full of Power and Grace."
Warrack studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, England, and at the Royal College of Music, where he was a student of Ralph Vaughan Williams. A teacher at the Royal College of Music from 1925 to 1935, Warrack also held a number of important conducting posts. He was conductor of the BBC Scottish Orchestra and musical director of the Sadler's Wells Theater Ballet. Warrack composed many orchestral pieces, including his Symphony in C minor and film scores for documentaries.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
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