St. Gertrude

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St. Gertrude (1871)
by Arthur Seymour Sullivan

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Sullivan composed this tune as a musical setting for Sabine Baring-Gould's hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers". It was first published in 1871 in an advertisement for Joseph Barnby's Hymnary, published 1872. Sullivan composed this tune at the country home of his friends Ernest and Gertrude Clay-Ker-Seymer, and named the tune in Gertrude's honour.

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1873539St. Gertrude1871Arthur Seymour Sullivan

Versions of St. Gertrude include:

"St. Gertrude" in The One Hundred and One Best Songs (1915)
"St. Gertrude" in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920)

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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