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[They were in an upper chamber]

[They were in an upper chamber]

Composer: Charlie D. Tillman (1895)
Published in 103 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Charlie D. Tillman

Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [They were in an upper chamber]
Composer: Charlie D. Tillman (1895)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain
Incipit: 55653 21355 54231
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trumpet Descant

  • 61 Trumpet Hymns & Descants Volume 2
    Composer/Editor Douglas Smith
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1980) pp. 52

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6629
Text: They Were in an Upper Chamber
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Timeless Truths #395
Text: O Lord, Send the Power Just Now
  • O_Lord_Send_the_Power_Just_Now.pdf (PDF)
  • O_Lord_Send_the_Power_Just_Now.xml (XML)

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

Celebremos Su Gloria #255

Himnos de la Iglesia #162

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #169

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Our Great Redeemer's Praise #288

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The Cyber Hymnal #6629

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Timeless Truths #395

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Yes, Lord! #189

Include 96 pre-1979 instances
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