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Hymn Tunes for Common Meter

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CMD (8.6.8.6 D)

All SaintsHenry Stephen Cutler, 1872

AmesburyUzziah Christopher Burnap, 1895.

Auld Lang SyneTraditional Scottish

BethlehemGottfried Wilhelm Fink, 1842

DedekamSophie Dedekam,

Dellfontarranged by. I.B. Woodbury, 1857, alt.

ConstanceArthur Seymour Sullivan, 1875

Ellacome
(nominally 7676, but works very well with 8686)Gesangbuch der H. W. k. Hofkapelle, Wurtemberg, Germany, 1784; adaptation and harmony by William Henry Monk, 1868

ErskineCharles H. Gabriel, 1856-1932

For Even From My Youth, O GodDwight Armstrong c.1970

Forrest GreenTraditional English melody; arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906

Fountain19th century American folk tune

GeraldLouis Spohr, 1834

GerardArranged by Arthur S. Sullivan, 1871

Give Ear Unto My Words O GodDwight Armstrong c.1970

GoshenGerman melody

HerefordDr. H.J. Gauntlett, d 1876 
This version is from Carnie's "The Revised Northern Psalter" edition of 1900

Hereford (2nd version)William Hayes, 1706-1777 
This version is from The Scottish Psalter, 1929 edition.

KingsfoldTraditional English melody; arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906

Lamb of GodAnonymous, from "The Psalter Hymnal" 1927

LandasNorwegian folk melody; arranged by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)

MaternaSamuel A. Ward 1882

MiriamC.E. Willing, 1870

MonoraWilliam Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868)

My God, My GodDwight Armstrong

Netteltonfrom Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813. The tune is named after Asahel Nettleton, an 18th Century American evangelist

O Child of GodIra David Sankey (1840-1908)

Old 1st
Old 1st (organ added)Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556,
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 2ndAnglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 6thAnglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556,
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 9th
Old 9th (organ added)Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556,
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 15thAnglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556,
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 19th
Old 19th (organ added)Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556,
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 29th

Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556,
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 34th
Old 34th (organ added)Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556,
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635
(note: sounds very similar to Old 68th, but they are indeed slightly different)

Old 68th
Old 68th (organ added)Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556,
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 81stDay's Psalter, 1562 (probably obtained from the Geneva Psalter)

Old 95thDay's Psalter, 1562 (probably obtained from the Geneva Psalter)

Old 133rd
Old 133rd (woodwinds)Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1556
harmonization from Scottish Psalter of 1635

Old 137th 
slow tempo
Old 137th
faster tempoAnglo-Genevan Psalter, 1556,
also appeared in Day's Psalter, 1562

Petitionfrom: Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

ProvidenceS.W. Straub c. 1890

Psalm 107French Psalter, 1543, composed or arranged by Louis Bourgeios

Save Me O God, By Thy Great HandDwight Armstrong c.1970

SeraphGottfried Wilhelm Fink, 1842

Sing Praises and RejoiceDwight Armstrong c.1970

St. AsaphGiovanni M. Giornovichi, 1745-1804

St. Leonard (Hiles)Henry Hiles, 1867

St MatthewWilliam Croft (1678-1727)

St. Theodulph (also useful for 76 76)Melchior Teschner, 1615

Vox Deliciti (Beautiful Voice)John Bacchus Dykes, 1868. A key change halfway through accents the positive message of the last two lines,

WarriorArchibald MacDonald, 1877

CM (86 86)

AbbeyScottish Psalter, 1615

Aberdeen
Aberdeen (faster)Raban's (Aberdeen) Psalter, 1633

ArgyleCharles Hutcheson, 1792-1860
from the Free Church of Scotland's psalter.

ArlingtonThomas Agustine Arne, 1762; arranged by Ralph Harrison in 1784

AzmomCarl Gotthelf Gläser, 1828; arranged by Lowell Mason, 1839

BallermaFrançois Hippolyte Barthèlèmon (1741-1808); adapted by Robert Simpson; published 1833

BelmontWilliam Gardiner, 1812

BradfordArranged from George Frederick Handel, 1741 ("I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" from "The Messiah")

BurfordHenry Purcell, c1695

CheshireEste's Psalter, 1592,
harmonized by W.H. Havergal

ColeshillBarton's Psalms, Dublin, 1706

Common Tune 
(melody only)anonymous, one of the first common metre psalm tunes. Very simple, but very dignified.

CrimondJessie S. Irvine, arr. David Grant

DalehurstArthur Cottman, 1872

DownsLowell Mason 1832

Duke's TuneScottish Psalter, 1615
(Very similar to Winchester Old, but they are two different tunes.)

Dunfermline
Dunfermline (Piped)Scottish Psalter, 1615

Dundee (Winsor)Este's Psalter, 1592

EvanWilliam Henry Havergal, 1847; arranged by Lowell Mason, 1850

Faith 

FrenchScottish Psalter, 1615

GloucesterRavenscroft's Psalter, 1621

GräfenbergJohann Crüger, 1647

HeberGeorge Kingsley, 1838

KilmarnockNeil Dougall (1776-1862)

KulerLowell Mason,1845, from a tune by Ravenscroft, 1620

LeicesterW. Hurst, 1870

Lystra 

Manoahcomposer unknown. This tune first appeared in 1851 in Collection of Church Music, by Henry W. Greatorex

MartyrdomHugh Wilson, 1800; arranged by Ralph E. Hudson, circa 1885

Martyrs
Martyrs (faster)Scottish Psalter, 1615
harmony by T L Hately

MoraviaNickolas Hernamn, c 1561

Most PerfectMoore's "Psalm Singer's Companion,"  1756

NaomiHans Georg Nägeli; arranged by Lowell Mason, 1836

Nativityarr Henry Lahee, The Metrical Psalter,1855

New Britain
(Amazing Grace)19th Century American melody, arr. Edwin O. Excell, alt

PraetoriusMelody from Harmoniae Hymnorum Scoliae Gorlicensis,   Gorlitz, 1599   from the Free Church of Scotland's psalter.

SolomonFrom G.F. Handel, c. 1740

Song 67Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625); arranged by Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879).

St. AgnesJohn Bacchus Dykes, 1866

St. EthelredaT. Turton (1780-1864)

St. FlavianDay's Psalter, 1562

St. MagnusAttributed to Jeremiah Clark, 1707; harmony by William Henry Monk, 1868

St. ThomasAaron Williams (1731-1776),
The New Universal Psalmodist, 1770

SpohrAdapted from a melody by Spohr
from the Free Church of Scotland's psalter.

StracathroCharles Hutcheson (1792-1860)

Tallis OrdinalThomas Tallis c.1567

WigtownScottish Psalter, 1635

WinchesterEstes Psalter, 1592

WorcesterJohn Playford, arr. 1671

York (Key of F)John Milton, first published by Ravenscroft, 1623

 

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