Reginald Heber

Life

Born: 21 Ap­ril 1783, Ma­lpas, Che­shire, Eng­land

Died: 3 Ap­ril 1826, Tri­chin­o­po­ly (Tir­u­chir­ap­pal­li), Ta­mil Na­du, In­dia

Biography:

Anglican Bishop, missionary and author, whose poetry has been set by many composers.

Settings of text by Reginald Heber

• A prayer for peace (William Crotch)
• Ar hyd y nos (Traditional)
• Bread of the world (Christopher Upton)
• Bread of the world in mercy broken (Anonymous)
• Bread of the world in mercy broken (Louis Bourgeois)
• Bread of the world, in mercy broken (Robert Franz)
• Brightest and best (Crys Armbrust)
• Brightest and best (Edward John Hopkins)
• Brightest and best (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)
• Brightest and best (Traditional)
• Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Henry Walford Davies)
• Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (John Goss)
• Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Joseph Barnby)
• Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Joseph Francis Thrupp)
• Brightest and best of the stars of the morning (Anonymous)
• Brightest and best of the stars of the morning (James Proctor Harding)
• Evening Hymn, Op. 54, No. 6 (Dudley Buck)
• From Greenland's icy mountains (Lowell Mason)
• Funeral Thoughts (Tim Risher)
• Gaudium Cæleste (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
• God, that madest earth and heaven (Joseph Barnby)
• Holy, holy, holy (Joseph Barnby)
• Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty (John Bacchus Dykes)
• Hosanna to the living Lord (Joseph Barnby)
• Hosanna to the living Lord! (John Bacchus Dykes)
• How soft the shades (Charles King Hall)
• How soft the shades of evening creep (Henry Thomas Smart)
• Lo! star-led chiefs (William Crotch)
• Nutfield (William Henry Monk)
• Nymphs of air and ancient sea (Henry Thomas Smart)
• O God, the Son eternal (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)
• O most merciful (Charles Wood)
• Queen of fresh flowers (Benjamin Mansell Ramsey)
• The Son of God goes forth to war (Arthur Sullivan)
• Star in the East (Deodatus Dutton)
• Thou art gone to the grave (Charles L. Williams)
• Thou art gone to the grave (Joseph Barnby)
• Thou palsied earth (John Wall Callcott)
• Virgin-born, we bow before thee (Claude Goudimel)
• Wake! To the hunting (Henry Thomas Smart)
• When eyes are beaming (Benjamin Mansell Ramsey)
• When thro' the torn sail, Op. 89, No. 4b (Dudley Buck)
• When through the torn sail (Gustav Stolpe)

Publications

• Palestine

External links

• View the Wikipedia article on Reginald Heber.

• Cyber Hymnal™ article