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Aberystwyth (hymn tune)

"Aberystwyth" is a hymn tune composed by Joseph Parry, written in 1876 and first published in 1879 in Edward Stephen's Ail Lyfr Tonau ac Emynau. Parry was at the time the first professor and head of the new department of music at the recently founded University College Wales, Aberystwyth, now called Aberystwyth University.

History
The tune "Aberystwyth" has been the most popular setting for Charles Wesley's hymn "Jesus, Lover of My Soul". ==Legacy==
Legacy
Some claim that the melody of the African hymn Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, which today forms part of the national anthem of South Africa, is derived from this hymn, while others have called the connection far fetched. ==Music==
Music
\relative d' {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"church organ" \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 75 \key d \minor \time 4/4 d4 d8 e f g a4 f e d2 f4 e d cis d8 e f4 e2 d4 d8 e f g a4 f e d2 e4 f8 g a4 g f e d2 d4 c d e f a8 g f2 f4 e f g a c8 b a2 d4 d c a f g a2 d,4 d8 e f g a4 f e d2 \bar "|." } ==Gallery==
Gallery
Plac-Aberystwyth-Joseph-Parry.jpg|Plaque to commemorate the 1st performance of the hymn tune "Aberystwyth" on Aberystwyth town's former English Congregational church, now a medical surgery Capel Anibynnwyr Saesneg Aberystwyth.jpg|Church Surgery, Aberystwyth, formerly the English Congregationalist Church ==References==
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