We Ask No Greater Joy, O Lord

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We ask no greater joy, O Lord

Author: Barbara J. Owen (1957)
Tune: TALLIS' CANON
Published in 5 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Three Hymns for the Evening - (Organ Sol…

Choral
	CANONIC PROCESSIONAL

Instrumental
	An American Tribute - A Suite of Patriot…

Author: Barbara J. Owen

Owen, Barbara. (Utica, New York, January 25, 1933-- ). Educated at Westminster Choir College (Mus.B.) and Boston University (Mus.M.). Served as organist of several churches, and in 1963 was organist and choir director of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Edited organ and choral music and wrote books on the organ. Active in the A.G.O. and other professional organizations. Appointed a contributing editor of the Journal of Church Music in 1978; also published in The Hymn. --Information from a letter from Barbara Owen to Leonard Ellinwood, 19 July 1979, DNAH Archives.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	We ask no greater joy, O Lord
Title:	We Ask No Greater Joy, O Lord
Author:	Barbara J. Owen (1957)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1957
Copyright:	© 1957 by the Hymn Society of America

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TALLIS' CANON

TALLIS CANON is one of nine tunes Thomas Tallis (PHH 62) contributed to Matthew Parker's Psalter (around 1561). There it was used as a setting for Psalm 67. In the original tune the melody began in the tenor, followed by the soprano, and featured repeated phrases. Thomas Ravenscroft (PHH 59) publish…

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Piano/Organ Three Hymns for the Evening - (Organ Solo) The Organist's Library, Vol. 46 Tallis Canon: A Festive Hymn Setting More Piano/Organ...
Choral CANONIC PROCESSIONAL TALLIS CANON, THE More Choral...
Instrumental An American Tribute - A Suite of Patriotic Songs More Instrumental...
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