Tune: WESTMINSTER (Cooke)

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WESTMINSTER (Cooke)

Composer: Benjamin Cooke
Published in 2 hymnals

Composer: Benjamin Cooke

Born: November 28, 1734, London, England. Died: September 14, 1793, London, England. Buried: In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey, London, England. Son of Benjamin Cooke, a Covent Garden music publisher, Cooke studied under Pepusch starting at age 9, and within three years was able to serve as assistant to John Robinson, organist at Westminster Abbey. He succeeded Pepusch as conductor at the Academy of Ancient Music in 1752. At Westminster Abbey, he became master of the choristers 1757, lay vicar in 1758, and organist in 1762. Cooke was educated at Cambridge (MusD 1775) and Oxford (doctorate 1782). He became organi… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	WESTMINSTER (Cooke)
Composer:	Benjamin Cooke
Incipit:	55654 32112 34321
Key:	F Major or modal
Copyright:	Public Domain

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O Trinity of blessed light

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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. 302
200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 191
The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 239
Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 193
The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 148
More Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1997) pp. 96
After the Last Verse: 200 Hymn Improvisations
Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1995) pp. 191
The Descant Hymn-Tune Book Book II: A Collection of Well-Known Tunes
Composer/Editor Geoffrey Shaw
Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1995) pp. 35
113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 108