235. God of my heart
Anonymous
A hymn celebrating the believer’s life in God. It was taken from St. Basil’s Hymnal compiled by the Basilian Fathers, published in 1918. The musical editors were Healey Willan and Jules Brazil. The authorship of the hymn is anonymous.
MUSIC. CARMEN NATURAE is an arrangement from a melody in Donizetti’s opera, Carmen.
Gaetano Donizetti, 1797-1848, son of an Italian weaver, studied music in Naples. He composed 66 operas, 6 masses, 12 string quartets, a requiem, songs, and other compositions.