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Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme
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Author Isaac Watts Isaac Watts's bio information 1674 - 1748 Sorry, we have no information for this author
Composer Franz Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn's bio information March 31, 1732 - May 31, 1809 Born: March 31, 1732, Rohrau, Austria Died: May 31, 1809, Vienna In the mid-1780’s, Haydn received the commission to compose the Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross; for the incorrigibly cheerful Haydn, writing seven successive dour movements was a particularly difficult undertaking, but the effort resulted in one of his most-admired works. Haydn’s professional success was not matched in his personal life. His marriage to Maria Anna Keller in 1760 produced neither a pleasant, peaceful home nor any children. Haydn’s wife did not understand music and showed no interest in her husband’s work. Her disdain went to the extremes of using his manuscripts for pastry pan linings or curl papers. In June 1792 Haydn left London for Germany. On his journey he stopped at Bonn, where the 22-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven was introduced to him, and it was arranged that the tempestuous young composer should move to Vienna to receive Haydn’s instruction. In a letter of 1793 to Beethoven’s patron, the elector of Cologne, Haydn stated that "Beethoven will one day be considered one of Europe’s greatest composers, and I shall be proud to be called his teacher." Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Haydn
Arranger A. H. M. A. H. M.'s bio information June 27, 1960 - Born in the Van Wert Ohio Hospital on June 27, 1960, Alvin (Bud) Herman Manz, Jr. was the 3rd of 4 sons born to Betty Manz and firstborn to her second husband, Alvin. His older siblings, John Paul Rose, Jr. (1956) and Joseph Henry Rose (1957), were born to John Paul Rose. In 1958, John Sr. passed away leaving Betty with 2 little boys to care for until she met Alvin Manz and got married to him on October 3, 1959. Bud's younger sibling, Robert James Manz, Sr., was born on August 23, 1961. Bud never married, instead lives with his father just south of Defiance Ohio.
Notes MANOAH C. M. Henry W. Greatorex's Collection, 1851 The American Lutheran Hymnal gives the composer as "Ad. from Gioachimo Rossini, 1792 - 1868"
Lyrics Begin, my tongue, some heav'nly theme And speak some boundless thing; The mighty works or mightier name Of our eternal King. Tell of His wondrous faithfulness And sound His pow'r abroad; Sing the sweet promise of His grace, The love and truth of God His very word of grace is strong As that which built the skies; The Voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises. O might I hear the heav'nly Tongue But whisper, "Thou art mine!" Those gentle words shall raise my song To notes almost divine.

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