THE ESSEX HALL

HYMN AND TUNE BOOK.

A COLLECTION OF MUSIC

For the Sunday School. the Church, and the Home.

[Lush, J. West word ]

London:

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION,

ESSEX HALL, ESSEX ST., STRAND, W.C.

1889.

Price Half-a-Crown.

PREFACE.

IN issuing the ESSEX HALL HYMN AND TUNE BOOK the Committee of the Sunday School Association are desirous of meeting a long-felt and widely-expressed want. The main object of the present work is to provide tunes for the Hymn Book published by the Association. The great advantage of having always at hand a collection of suitable tunes, especially for the peculiar metres, is obvious to everyone. The chief purpose of the compilers has been to furnish tunes adapted to the words, and sufficiently melodious to attract young people.

The Committee are indebted to a large circle of friends for suggesting and supplying many of the tunes included in the book, and they would particularly mention the names of Mr. William Tate and Mr. George Callow, who gave much valuable time and thought to the preliminary work of selecting and preparing a large quantity of music. Mr. J. Westwood Tosh has bestowed great care and labour upon the book; he helped in editing the greater portion of Part I, and the whole of Part II, besides giving careful attention to the expression marks, and to the compilation of the indices. Every effort was made to procure familiar and popular tunes already in existence before composing new ones, but owing to various causes, it was found necessary to prepare several fresh tunes; and the Committee believe that many of these will soon become favourites with the children.

The Committee desire to express their deep obligations to the following composers and proprietors for granting permission to publish their music:Her Majesty the Queen, for " Gotha," the composition of H.R.H., the late Prince Consort; the Rev. Sir Frederick Gore-Ouseley, Bart., Mus. Doc., for "All things bright" (hymn 71); Sir George J. Elvey, Mus. Doc., for “ The peace which God bestows" (hymn 389), "O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart" (hymn 194), and "St. George's, Windsor"; Sir John Stainer, Mus. Doc., for." All Saints" Sir Arthur Sullivan, Mus. Doc., for "Father, from thy throne on high (hymn 126), and the arrangement of "Gabriel"; Mrs. Gauntlett, for "St. Alphege," "St. Fulbert," "St. George's," "Triumph," "University College," the compositions of her husband, the late Dr. Gauntlett; Mr. Frederick Dykes, for "St. Godric," "St. Oswald, Durham," and "Slingsby," the compositions of his brother, the late Rev. J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc.; Mr. James Langran, for "Deerhurst"; Mr. C. H. Purday, for "Lead, kindly light" (hymn 303), the composition of his father; Mr. Wm. Smallwood, for "Hampstead"; Mrs. Ogden, for "Blessed be thy name for ever (hymn 41), the composition of her husband, the late Mr. J. R. Ogden; Messrs. Sheard & Co., for "There is beauty all around" (hymn 262), the composition of Mr. J. H. McNaughton; Mr. S. W. Wilkinson, for "O bird so blithe" (hymn 123), and "O what a world this might be" (hymn 201); Mr. J. W. Allen, for "I asked the little joyous bird" (hymn 144); Mr. G. Callow, for 'Sunny days of childhood" (hymn 122); Mr. W. Tate, for tunes to hymns 151, 258, 314, 315, 373; Mr. F. W. Turner, for tunes to hymns 17, 75, 152, 324; Miss Maud E. Turner, for a tune to hymn 49; Mr. J. Westwood Tosh, for tunes to hymns 5, 17, 50, 64, 74, 286, 299, 310, 351, 376, "Sunset," and the "Doxology."

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Permission to use the following copyright tunes has been purchased:-Lady Victoria Freke, for " Ellers," composed by Mr. E. J. Hopkins, Mus. Doc.; Mrs. Gauntlett, for "The morning hours of cheerful light" (hymn 302); Mr. Arthur Henry Brown, for "The day is past and over" (hymn 333); Mr. G. F. Chambers, F.R.A.S., for Maidstone," composed by W. B. Gilbert, Mus. Doc. compilers are further indebted to several American publications, particularly to Sunnyside," for the opportunity of using some popular tunes. Every care has been taken not to infringe any known copyright, and if this has been done in any instance, the compilers trust to be pardoned for what was an involuntary error, and which, if pointed out to them, they will gladly rectify in future editions.

The Committee also wish to acknowledge the labour of one of their Hon. Secs., the Rev. W. Copeland Bowie, in watching over the production of this book.