1827–1899

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 22, 1827, Ber­mond­sey, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 14, 1899, Chel­sea, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Biography

Lissant was a cho­rist­er at the 1838 co­ro­na­tion of Bri­tain’s Queen Vic­tor­ia.

In 1849, he be­came the first or­gan­ist at St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral in Cal­cut­ta (now Kol­ka­ta), India.

From about 1872–99, he played the or­gan at St. Au­gus­tine’s Church, Queen’s Gate, Lon­don.

Sources

Music

  1. Although the Vine Its Fruit
  2. Christ, We Sing Thy Sav­ing Pas­sion
  3. Come Forth, Come Forth, Brave Reap­ers
  4. Come, Hear Ye How God’s
  5. Faithful Peo­ple, Now Re­joice
  6. Freeman
  7. From the East­ern Moun­tains
  8. Heavenly Fa­ther, God Alone
  9. Herzegovina
  10. Joy and Glad­ness
  11. Joy That Je­sus Gives, The
  12. Lord of the Har­vest! Thee We Hail
  13. Moonbeams Are Stream­ing
  14. O Blessed, Bless­ed Be the Lord
  15. O Light In­car­nate! Son of God!
  16. Pará
  17. Put on Thy Beau­ti­ful Robes
  18. Rhyme, a Rhyme for East­er, A
  19. Sing with Glad­ness! Sing
  20. Songs of Thank­ful­ness
  21. Tunceli
  22. Through the Long Hid­den Years
  23. Twine the East­er Gar­land

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