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Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Appears in 1,187 hymnals Topics: Easter First Line: Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 Used With Tune: EASTER HYMN

Because He Lives

Author: Gloria Gaither; Bill Gaither Meter: 9.8.9.11 with refrain Appears in 63 hymnals First Line: God sent his Son, they called him Jesus Refrain First Line: Because he lives, I can face tomorrow

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Author: Samuel Medley, 1738-1799 Appears in 474 hymnals Topics: Easter Vigil ; Easter; Easter 5, Year A; Easter Season Lyrics: 1 I know that my Redeemer lives; What joy the blest assurance gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead; He lives, my everlasting Head! 2 He lives, to bless me with his love; He lives, to plead for me above; He lives, my hungry soul to feed; He lives, ... Scripture: Job 19:25 Used With Tune: DUKE STREET

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EASTER HYMN

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 555 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Easter Tune Sources: Lyra Davidica, 1708 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13514 66534 51434 Used With Text: Christ the Lord is Risen Today

LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 504 hymnals Topics: Easter Season Tune Sources: Geistliche Kirchengesange , 1623 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11231 34511 23134 Used With Text: That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright

BLESSED ASSURANCE

Meter: Irregular Appears in 703 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Phoebe Palmer Knapp, 1839-1908 Topics: Year B Easter 2; Year C Easter 4 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 32155 45655 35177 Used With Text: Blessed assurance

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Easter Hymn

Author: Lucy Larcom Hymnal: Songs for Little People #72 (1915) Topics: Easter First Line: Breaks the joyful Easter dawn Refrain First Line: Breaks the joyful Easter dawn Languages: English Tune Title: [Breaks the joyful Easter dawn]

Lovely Easter Lilies

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: Sing His Praise #140 (1902) Topics: Easter First Line: O lovely Easter lilies, your petals fair unfold Refrain First Line: O lovely Easter lilies Languages: English Tune Title: [O lovely Easter lilies, your petals fair unfold]

Easter Bells

Author: Edward A. Horton Hymnal: A Book of Song and Service #185 (1905) Topics: Easter First Line: Ye Easter Bells, your music swells Refrain First Line: Ring, swing, ring, ye bells of Easter morning Languages: English Tune Title: [Ye Easter Bells, your music swells]

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Jakob Hintze

1622 - 1702 Person Name: Jakob Hintze (1622-1702) Topics: Church Year Easter; Easter; Easter Day; The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C Composer of "SALZBURG (Hintze)" in Ancient and Modern Partly as a result of the Thirty Years' War and partly to further his musical education, Jakob Hintze (b. Bernau, Germany, 1622; d. Berlin, Germany, 1702) traveled widely as a youth, including trips to Sweden and Lithuania. In 1659 he settled in Berlin, where he served as court musician to the Elector of Brandenburg from 1666 to 1695. Hintze is known mainly for his editing of the later editions of Johann Crüger's Praxis Pietatis Melica, to which he contributed some sixty-five of his original tunes. Bert Polman

Robert Williams

1782 - 1818 Person Name: Robert Williams, 1781-1821 Topics: Easter; Easter Vigil ; Easter; Easter Season Composer of "LLANFAIR" in Worship (3rd ed.) Robert Williams United Kingdom 1782-1818. Born at Mynydd Ithel, Anglesey, Wales, blind from birth, he became a basket weaver. He had great innate musical ability. Although blind, he could write out a tune after hearing it just once. He sang hymns at public occasions. No information found regarding family. He died at Mynydd Ithel, Anglesey, Wales. John Perry

John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Topics: Easter Composer of "STORY OF JESUS" in Community of Christ Sings John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

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