January 27

On January 27, 2 anniversaries fall in the history of the hymns in this library: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756; Henry Scott Holland was born in 1847.

Each date below is given only where two independent sources — Hymnary.org and Wikidata — agree on the year, and the day itself comes from Wikidata. Dates before the 1750s are given as they were recorded at the time, in the Old Style calendar where that was in use.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born on this day in 1756, is remembered in this library for the tunes ARIEL and MOZART.

Henry Scott Holland, who was born on this day in 1847, is remembered in this library for the hymn “Judge Eternal, Throned In Splendor”.

Follow a name to read about the writer or composer and to sing their hymns, with the words, chords where we have them, and free accompaniment.