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Rhosymedre (hymn tune)

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65:. Although best known in this original version for solo organ, it is also well known as an orchestral arrangement by Arnold Foster published in 1938. The prelude has been arranged for other instruments or combinations of instruments, including solo piano, 89: 142: 97: 313: 105: 81: 93: 112: 168: 101: 173: 39: 130: 85: 77: 54: 46:, where he was the vicar from 1843 until his death in 1885. The hymn tune is seven lines long, with a 366: 292: 249: 31: 27: 223: 271: 50:
of 6.6.6.6.8.8.8. It appears in a number of hymnals and is sung to a variety of words.
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In 2008, to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Vaughan Williams,
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Index

hymn tune
Welsh
Anglican
John David Edwards
Rhosymedre
County Borough of Wrexham
Wales
metrical index
Ralph Vaughan Williams
organ
piano duet
clarinet choir
Ralph Vaughan Williams
funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
Lady Sarah McCorquodale
April 2011
Prince William's
May 2018
Prince Harry's
coronation of Charles III and Camilla
Richard Morrison
The Times
string quartet
tenor
James Gilchrist
List of compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Edwards, John David (1805–1885), cleric and musician"
Dictionary of Welsh Biography
National Library of Wales
"Rhosymedre"

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