Henry Gauntlett (1805–1876)
Once in Royal David's City
Hymn tune Irby (1849), the organ part from The English Hymnal (1906)
In Hymns
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 86: the usual pace of hymn tunes. Its length counts from that.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written195 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand154 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots67 notes
- Right-hand melody54 notes
To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from C4 to D5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from F2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
- Intervals: 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, octaves, 10ths, 9ths
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from Oxford University Press, London, 1906, ed. Ralph Vaughan Williams (music) (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Henry Gauntlett died in 1876. Credits