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WÄCHTERLIED

Composer: Christian Egenolff; Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Published in 8 hymnals

Composer: Christian Egenolff

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Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence i… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	WÄCHTERLIED
Composer:	Christian Egenolff
Arranger:	Ralph Vaughan Williams
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.8.7
Incipit:	53515 12323 45432
Key:	F Major
Copyright:	From Enlarged Songs of Praise adapt. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press.

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Texts

If God Had Not Been on Our Side

Rejoice, Angelic Choirs, Rejoice

Oh, Sing, My Soul, Your Maker's Praise

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Hymn Descants Set 4: With C and B flat Instrument Parts
Composer/Editor Stanley Drummond Wolff
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1994) pp. 24
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 40: General: Try - Walh
Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Jan Bender
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 41
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 11: Easter: M - Z
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Gerhard Krapf
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 45
Hymns for the Church Year: 68 Accompaniment Settings for Keyboard of the Hymns of the Day
Composer/Editor Roger Petrich
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1980) pp. 45

Organ Solo

Organ Music for the Trinity Season
Composer/Editor Gerhard Krapf
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2007) pp. 18
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 40: General: Try - Walh
Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Jan Bender
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 40
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 11: Easter: M - Z
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Gerhard Krapf
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 44