STAR IN THE EAST

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• MORNING STAR (Harding)
  
• EPIPHANY (Thrupp)
  
• WESSEX (Surplice)
• LIEBSTER IMMANUEL
  
• CONSOLATION (Mendelssohn)
  

First published in Japheth Coombs Washburn’s The Temple Harmony (1826), in three parts, Joshua Leavitt's The Christian Lyre (1830), in two parts, and in John H. Hickok's Sacred Harp (1832), in two parts.
Chris Fenner / Barry Johnston

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Piano/Organ A Star in the East (Captivating Piano Settings of Traditional Carols) The Art of Hymn Playing Volume II - Introductions, Preludes, Free Accompaniments, and Alternate Harmonizations A Star in the East (Captivating Piano Settings of Traditional Carols) More Piano/Organ...
Choral Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning Star in the East More Choral...
Instrumental Reflections throughout the Church Year: - Nine Pieces for Solo Instrument and Organ or Piano More Instrumental...
Handbells Star in the East More Handbells...
PowerPoint BRIGHTEST AND BEST OF THE STARS (Evangelical Lutheran 2006 - 303) More PowerPoint...

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations The Art of Hymn Playing Volume 2: 250 Preludes Introductions Free Accompaniments & Alternate Harmonizations Composer/Editor Charles Callahan Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2009) pp. 150-151 Ninety Easy Hymn Accompaniments: For Keyboard Composer/Editor Margaret Mealy Published By: GIA Publications, Inc. (1997) pp. 85

Organ Solo Carols for Organ Volume 3: Easy Seasonal Expressions of Joy and Peace Composer/Editors Mark Hayes; Douglas E. Wagner Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2015) pp. 22 Hymn Preludes for the Christmas Season Composer/Editor Robert Edward Smith Published By: World Library Publications, Inc. (1998) pp. 60 Tender Thought: Six More Preludes on Early American Hymns for Organ Composer/Editor Peter Pindar Stearns Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1993) pp. 14 5 Short Preludes on American Folk Hymns Composer/Editor John David Peterson Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1991) pp. 14 The Sacred Organ Folio No. 29 Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1984) pp. 8 The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 18 Number 4 March 1984: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Gilbert M. Martin Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1984) pp. 8

Piano Solo Keyboard Worship & Praise Volume 6 Number 2 Christmas 2012: The Best of Christian Music for Today's Church Composer/Editors Larry Shackley; Donna N. Robertson Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2012) pp. 39 A Star in the East: Captivating Piano Settings of Traditional Carols Composer/Editor Donna N. Robertson Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2010) pp. 3 Hymn Meditations for the Church Year: For Piano Solo Composer/Editor Michael Larkin Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2008) pp. 14

Media

Instances

An American Christmas Harp #90

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Hail, thou blest morn, when the great Mediator Date: 2009

An American Christmas Harp #90

Chalice Hymnal #174

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning Composer: Marty Haugen Meter: 11 10. 11 10D Key: g minor Date: 1995 Source: Southern Harmony, 1855

Chalice Hymnal #174

Community of Christ Sings #414

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Joseph, kind Joseph, look down in the manger Composer: John Obetz, 1933- Meter: 11.10.11.10.D. Key: g minor Date: 2013 Source: Appalachian folk melody

Community of Christ Sings #414

Gather Comprehensive #379

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning Composer: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Meter: 11 10 11 10 with refrain Key: g minor Date: 1994

Gather Comprehensive #379

Himnario Luterano #561

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Te alabamos, Señor, sin cesar Composer: desconocido; Sergio Fritzler, n. 1973 Meter: 10 10 10 10 Key: g minor Date: 2021

Himnario Luterano #561

Himnario Luterano #562

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Te alabamos, Señor, sin cesar Composer: desconocido; Sergio Fritzler, n. 1973 Meter: 10 10 10 10 Key: g minor Date: 2021

Himnario Luterano #562

Hymnal #221

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Hail the bless'd morn, see the great Mediator Meter: 11. 10. 11 10D Key: g minor Date: 1992 Source: Southern Harmony, 1835

Hymnal #221

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #492

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: God of all love, You call Your many peoples Composer: Marty Haugen, 1950- Meter: 11 10 11 10 with Refrain Key: g minor Date: 2007 Source: Southern Harmony, 1835

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #492

Hymns of the Saints #234

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Joseph, kind Joseph, look down in the manger Composer: John Obetz, 1933 -; R. Herron Meter: 11.10.11.10.D. Key: g minor Date: 1982 Source: Appalachian Folk Hymn

Hymns of the Saints #234

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #44

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: O God, we have heard what our parents have told Composer: Dale Grotenhuis; Roy Hopp Meter: 11 11 11 11 D Key: g minor Date: 1987 Source: Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #44

RitualSong #533

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning Composer: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Meter: 11 10 11 10 with refrain Key: g minor Date: 1996 Source: Southern Harmony, 1835

RitualSong #533

The Hymnal 1982 #118

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning Meter: 11 10. 11 10 Key: g minor Date: 1985

The Hymnal 1982 #118

The Summit Choirbook #215

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: Mary, how lovely the light of your glory Composer: Ruth Crawford Seeger Meter: 11 10. 11 10 D Key: g minor Date: 1983 Source: The Southern Harmony (1835); Harm.: American Folksongs of Christmas (1953)

The Summit Choirbook #215

TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #141b

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST (Walker) First Line: Filo plej hela de horo matena Composer: William Walker Source: Southern Harmony, 1835

TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #141b

TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #141d

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST (White) First Line: Filo plej hela de horo matena Composer: B. F. White; R. Herron Source: Sacred Harp, 1844

TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #141d

Voices Together #44

Tune Title: STAR IN THE EAST First Line: We long to know her, the maker of heaven Composer: Alice Parker Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Key: g minor Date: 2020 Source: Southern Harmony (USA), 1835

Voices Together #44