Hymn Tunes for Common Meter
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
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
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
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