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"Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, and the music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Ernest Clay Ker Seymer, at whose country home he composed the tune.
His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord".
Piano: 153: 1924: Toccata: for piano: founded on the Northumbrian pipe-tune "Newburn Lads" Piano: 154: 1924: A Piece for Yvonne: for piano: Piano: 165: 46/1: 1926: Chrissemas Day in the Morning: for piano: founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads: Piano: 166: 46/2: 1927: 2 Folk Song Fragments (2 Northumbrian Folk Tunes)
"Onward, Christian Soldiers" was written in 1865 and uses New Testament military metaphors of Christians as soldiers. [1] In the 1980s there was a growing movement against the notion of Christian military references, leading to some churches in the United States dropping it from their hymn books. [2]
The middle movement, "Christian Zeal and Activity", is often performed and recorded without the other movements. Adams states that the title of the movement was "stolen out of old Methodist gospel or hymn tune book" [2] and is an arrangement of "Onward, Christian Soldiers", a popular hymn tune (written as "St. Gertrude") by Arthur Sullivan.
The simple lyrics consist of the phrase "Lloyd George knew my father/Father knew Lloyd George" [1] [2] sung to the tune of "Onward, Christian Soldiers". [A] In the song, the two lines referring to Lloyd George (LG) are repeated incessantly, until boredom sets in. [ 3 ] There are no lyrics other than those two lines.
Composed and dedicated to Thomas E. Mitten. For its second edition, the title was changed to "Power and Glory". The unusual Trio starts with a much longer strain than usual. Another strain follows with a quotation of Arthur Sullivan's hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers".
"St Alban", based on the slow movement of Symphony No. 53 by Haydn, was the original setting for Onward, Christian Soldiers by Sabine Baring-Gould. [67] The Hymnal published by authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America (1895) contained 43 tunes by Dykes. [68]