ALEXANDER, Cecil Frances
Name:
ALEXANDER, Cecil Frances (1818-1895)
Musical genre:
Choral Music, Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
Ireland
Country of location:
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Notes:
Cecil Frances Alexander was an Anglo-Irish hymnwriter and poet. Amongst other works, she wrote "All Things Bright and Beautiful", "There is a green hill far away" and the Christmas carol "Once in Royal David's City". By the 1840s she was already known as a hymn writer and her compositions were soon included in Church of Ireland hymnbooks.
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