Bethany (Mason, Lowell)

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Recordings

For Violin, Viola and Piano (Smith)

Performer Pages Stefan Landon Smith (violin, viola, piano)
Publisher Info. SLS Studios Publishing (ASCAP), 2012.
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Misc. Notes Arrangement dedicated to arranger's Cousin Maurice Crosby
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Naxos

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For Mixed Chorus and Organ (Knuth)

Publisher Info. Jürgen Knuth
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Mixed Chorus (Knuth)
Publisher Info. Altena: Jürgen Knuth
Performers Synthesized MIDI
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Sheet Music

Arrangements and Transcriptions

Nearer, My God to Thee

For Orchestra (Brandet)

19 more: Complete Score and Parts • Flute • Oboe • Clarinet (B♭) • Bassoon • Soprano Saxophone (B♭) • Alto Saxophone (E♭) • Tenor Saxophone (B♭) • Horn (F) • Trumpet (B♭) • Trombone • Euphonium • Tuba • Timpani • Percussion 1 • Percussion 2 • Violins • Cellos • Basses

Arranger João Marcos Brandet (b. 1998)
Publisher. Info. João Marcos Brandet, 2018.
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For 3 Flutes, Alto Flute and Bass Flute (Kamioka)
Arranger Hideo Kamioka (b. 1958)
Publisher. Info. Hideo Kamioka
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For Mixed Chorus and Organ (Knuth)
Arranger Jürgen Knuth
Language German
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For Mixed Chorus (Lin)
Arranger Rufus Lin
Publisher. Info. Rufus Lin
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Misc. Notes Misattributed to Sarah Flower Adams, who is the author of the text.
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For Mixed Chorus (Knuth)
Arranger Jürgen Knuth
Language German
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For Voice and Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Bromo-Seltzer Edition of 171 Popular Selections
Baltimore: Emerson Drug Company, n.d.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
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For Accordion (Gößnitzer)
Arranger Manuela Gößnitzer
Publisher. Info. Wikimedia Commons, 2018
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For Piano (Blake)
See: Transcription de concert on 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' by Charles Dupee Blake

General Information

Work Title Bethany
Alternative. Title Nearer, My God, to Thee
Composer Mason, Lowell
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ILM 1
Key G major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 hymn
First Publication. 1859 in The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book (according to Fuld - other sources cite 1856)
Librettist Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848), Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation mixed chorus (SATB)
External Links Nearer, My God, to Thee
Wikipedia article
Hymnary
Harmonia Sacra
History (gives 1859 as publication date)
The New Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book, 1866 (p.244)

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