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TE DEUM

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Goss Incipit: 56712 31766 51234 Used With Text: We praise Thee, O God; we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord

Te Deum Laudamus

Appears in 389 hymnals First Line: We praise Thee, O God Used With Tune: [We praise Thee, O God]

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We praise Thee, O God; we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord

Hymnal: Songs of Worship #60b (1887) Languages: English Tune Title: TE DEUM

Te Deum Laudamus

Hymnal: The Scottish Hymnal #356a (1892) First Line: We praise Thee, O God Languages: English Tune Title: [We praise Thee, O God]

1800 - 1880 Person Name: Sir John Goss, Mus. D. Composer of "[We praise Thee, O God]" in The Scottish Hymnal John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854). Bert Polman