John Varley Roberts

Life

Born: 25 September 1841

Died: 9 February 1920

Biography

Organist and Choirmaster at Magdalen College, Oxford, between 1882 and 1918.
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List of choral works

Sacred works

• Christ is risen from the dead
• Jesu, priceless treasure
• Peace I leave with you
• Seek ye the Lord
• When Christ, who is our life, shall appear
• The Lord, your God, is gracious
• The Passion: a meditation on the sufferings of Christ (Novello, 1902) is scored for two solo voices (tenor and bass) and chorus SATB with hymns to be sung by the choir and congregation.

Hymns

• Lord, as to thy dear cross we flee (tune: Dundee)
• Behold him in Gethsemane
• Ride on, ride on in majest
• When I survey the wondrous cross (tune: Rockingham)
• O wondrous work of God
• O thou, from whom all goodness flows (tune: Windsor)
• Jesu, lover of my soul
• If I should e'er forsake thee (tune: Chorale Bach St Matthew Passion)
• O Lord, thy love's unbounded (tune: as above)

Secular works

partsongs for Mixed Voices

• The shades of night around us steal

partsongs for Male Voices

• Come, my dear one, share my gladness
• Cupid once upon a bed of roses

 

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External links

• Works by John Varley Roberts in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)