Autumn — 387. The Year Is Swiftly Waning
William W. How, 1823-97
A hymn for the autumn season. Like No. 386, it was written for the author’s Church Hymns, 1871.
For comments on W. W. How see Hymn 144.
MUSIC. WAS KANN ES SCHÖN’RES GEBEN is from the Gesangbuch mit Noten where it appears anonymously, set to a hymn by Philipp Spitta, “Was kann es schön’res geben.”
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