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Looking for Hymn by John Ireland: “My Song is Love Unknown”

May 12, 2016 by Linda Price 6 Comments

Hello,
I am looking for a copy of “Song is Love Unknown,” JOHN IRELAND’S composition. Can’t find it on IMSLP or CPDL. There is a lovely arrangement for SATB, organ, oboe and flute on YouTube. Anyone know anything about it?

Linda

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  1. G. Michael "Mick" Tucci says

    May 12, 2016 at 1:42 pm

    Hi Linda, MSILU is one of my all time favorite hymn texts, and especially in John Ireland’s setting of the text (there is a lovely one also by Macolm Archer @ GIA, but not, in my opinion, as gorgeous as Ireland’s
    THERE IS A CHOIR CONGREGATION UNISON SATB, ORGAN with OPTIONAL SOLO “C” INSTRUMENT ARRANGEMENT BY JAMES ENGEL at MORNING STAR MUSIC:
    http://www.canticledistributing.com/my-song-is-love-unknown-20622.html $1.85 per octavo, but you can print a PDF sample to play through before you order
    http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/my-song-is-love-unknown-sheet-music/4605887)
    It’s in a number of hymnals, including GIA’s WORSHIP III #439
    http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/m/m187.html
    http://www.hymnary.org/text/my_song_is_love_unknown
    http://www.amazon.com/My-Song-Love-Organ-Clarinet/dp/B00O4E8SL6
    There is an arrangement from MORNING STAR publications
    My Song Is Love Unknown (MSM-60-3000) 1990
    by Setting by James Engel (Author), Words: Samuel Crossman (Author), Music: John Ireland (Author)

    https://musescore.com/user/1319766/scores/701836

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  2. Dianna Robin Dennis says

    May 12, 2016 at 10:36 am

    Gorgeous arrangement – would be fairly straightforward to transcribe if you can’t find it.

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  3. Robert Meyer says

    May 12, 2016 at 8:59 am

    If I understand correctly, Linda is looking for this specific arrangement.
    I would be interested to know who’s it is as well.

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  4. Mari Reive says

    May 12, 2016 at 7:45 am

    It’s in the Episcopal Hymnal 1982, no.458.

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  5. Brigid Coult says

    May 12, 2016 at 1:36 am

    Linda, I think you won’t find it in CPDL or IMSLP because it’s still under copyright. You’ll find it in a number of hymnals, Check Hymnary.org for some sources

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    • Linda Price says

      May 12, 2016 at 9:15 am

      Thanks! Interesting that there are a number of Ireland’s works in IMSLP. I did check Hymnary.org; it’s there but without the words which I guess I could use if need be. I would just love to find that one arrangement though…
      Thank you very much for your reply! 🙂

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