dear christians one and all rejoice shortened version

ONLY TO BE USED WITH THE CAROL MELODY.Īpproach, my soul, the mercy-seat Bangor - CM - 8.6.8.6Įin Feste Burg/A Stronghold Sure - 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7Īway in a manger Cradle Song - 11.11.11.11īrightest and best of the sons of the morning Super Slim Carols arrangement Second part. ONLY TO BE USED WITH THE CAROL MELODY.Īny instrument may play the melody or second part in any octave.Īlleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to heaven and voices raiseĮb Major, D Major Song 1 - 10.10.10.10.10.10 F Major If you think that any particular tune should be arranged, please let me Slim Carols arrangement Second part. Over a century further on, it's very unlikely that all the hymns tunes in common use now will be covered by this page. It has been calculated that by the year 1900, 500,000+ hymns tunes had been written. Read about copyright and the Public Domain HERE. ( Rest assured, at the stroke of midnight as 2028 becomes 2029, a version will go on this page.) So, such favourites as Hills of the North, Rejoice cannot be included. This means that these settings cannot be used at the same time as most normalįind out how best to use these arrangements, HEREįind out about basic organ playing and accompanying hymns HERE The Christmas hymns and carols have compatible instrumental parts.įor copyright reasons, only tunes that are in the Public Domain are used. Time, maintain good (reasonable?) harmonic writing, they do not use exactly the same chord patterns as many four-part settings of these hymns. Because they are designed for easier playing and, at the same This page links to simplified arrangements of common hymns, designed to make the process of playing hymns a little easier. But much more remains the same: These hymns will touch God’s people emotionally, teach the Scriptures accurately, and proclaim the riches of the Savior musically.Simplified Hymns Search by hymn name, tune name, or metre The hymns in this Preview already outnumber those in the Achtliederbuch. Christ was at the center of the Achtliederbuch. Through these eight hymns, hearts were touched because Christ himself was proclaimed. Several Christian Songs, Hymns of Praise and Psalms, in Accordance with the Pure Word of God, from Holy Scripture, Produced by Various Highly Learned Individuals, for Singing in the Church, as in Part Is Already the Practice in Wittenberg.Īrticulated in that title and rhymed in the individual stanzas, one discovers this noble purpose for Lutheran hymnody: teaching the saving doctrine of Christ. The eight hymns in this slender volume served a grand purpose: In 1524, the first Lutheran hymnal, the so-called Achtliederbuch (Book of Eight Songs), rolled off the printing presses. Luther also set his musician’s heart to the task of providing a new song for the people to sing. The message must be personally understood.ĭuring the Reformation, Martin Luther set his sharp mind to the task of translating the Scriptures into the language of the common people.

Scriptural doctrine must be accurately taught. Christians are blessed as they place this gift into the service of the gospel. God also created us with the gift of reason. Why? Because the human creature is more than the ebb and flow of our emotions.

But the Church’s song needs to be more than a mover of emotion. Not surprisingly, many view music’s primary purpose as touching human emotions. Music has a unique ability to touch human emotion with a finger of sound.

Dear christians one and all rejoice shortened version