F. Agnes Johnston
Biography
F. Agnes Johnston is documented in early twentieth-century hymnals as the composer of the hymn tune HALLEY. Standard hymnological indexes consulted for this record do not supply reliable birth and death dates or fuller biographical details, so those facts are left unstated rather than inferred.
HALLEY appeared with Alfred Tennyson's "Ring Out, Wild Bells" in The Fellowship Hymn Book in 1908 and in the Methodist Hymn and Tune Book in 1917. The tune therefore represents a documented early twentieth-century musical setting of Tennyson's New Year text.
HALLEY appeared with Alfred Tennyson's "Ring Out, Wild Bells" in The Fellowship Hymn Book in 1908 and in the Methodist Hymn and Tune Book in 1917. The tune therefore represents a documented early twentieth-century musical setting of Tennyson's New Year text.
Hymns by F. Agnes Johnston
Ring Out, Wild Bells
Role: Composer