Tune: BROTHER JAMES' AIR

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BROTHER JAMES' AIR

Composer: James Leith Macbeth Bain
Published in 66 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	The Lord Is My Shepherd - Six Hymn Setti…

Choral
	SUMMER CAROL

Instrumental
	Psalm 23

Composer: James Leith Macbeth Bain

James Leith Macbeth Bain (b. Scotland, c. 1840; d. Liverpool, England, 1925), was a healer, mystic, and poet known simply as Brother James. The tune BROTHER JAMES AIR was first published in his volume The great peace: being a New Year's greeting ... (1915). Born in a devout Christian home, Bain came to doubt the faith but later regained a mystical belief with the aid of the Christo Theosophic Society. He founded the Brotherhood of Healers, and he and his fellow healers often sang to their patients during healing sessions. In the latter years of his life he worked among the poor in the slums of Liverpool. He published a book on healing entitled The Brotherhood of Healers ... (1906). Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988 Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	BROTHER JAMES' AIR
Composer:	James Leith Macbeth Bain
Place Of Origin:	Scotland
Meter:	8.6.8.6.4.4.6
Incipit:	13515 61543 11711
Key:	D Major
Source:	Traditional
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The Lord's My Shepherd

How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place

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Alternative Tunes

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Notes

BROTHER JAMES' AIR was composed by James Leith Macbeth Bain (b. Scotland, c. 1840; d. Liverpool, England, 1925), the healer, mystic, and poet known simply as Brother James. The tune was first published in his volume The great peace: being a New Year's greeting ... (1915). Born in a devout Christian home, Bain came to doubt the faith but later regained a mystical belief with the aid of the Christo Theosophic Society. He founded the Brotherhood of Healers, and he and his fellow healers often sang to their patients during healing sessions. In the latter years of his life he worked among the poor in the slums of Liverpool. He published a book on healing entitled The Brotherhood of Healers ... (1906).

This well-loved tune is in bar form (AAB) with an unusual final phrase that rises to a high tonic cadence. Ideally suited to part singing, the harmonization is adapted from the popular arrangement by Gordon Jacob (b. Norwood, near London, England, 1895; d. Saffron Walden, Essex, England, 1984) published in 1934, which was also titled "Brother James' Air."

Jacob studied at Dulwich College and the Royal College of Music and received his doctorate in music from London University in 1935. He taught composition at the Royal College of Music from 1926 to 1966 and was respected both as a fine teacher and as a composer of orchestral, chamber, and choral music and film scores. Included in his publications are Orchestral Technique (1931) and The Composer and His Art (1960).

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Timeline

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Piano/Organ The Lord Is My Shepherd - Six Hymn Settings on Psalm 23 Wood Works for Piano The Essential Dale Wood More Piano/Organ...
Choral SUMMER CAROL Psalm 23 The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want More Choral...
Handbells BROTHER JAMES' AIR More Handbells...
PowerPoint THE LORD'S MY SHEPHERD, I'LL NOT WANT (Blue Psalter Hymnal 38) THE LORD'S MY SHEPHERD (Blue Psalter 38) THE LORD'S MY SHEPHERD, I'LL NOT WANT (Trinity Hymnal 85) More PowerPoint...

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Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1994) pp. 13
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Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1993) pp. 2
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Composer/Editor Ronald Arnatt
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1990) pp. 10
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The Essential Dale Wood: 40 Classic Hymn Tune Settings for Organ
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150 Hymn Preludes Book 1 Hymn Tune A - K: Short and Playable Pieces in Keys to Match All Popular Hymn Books
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Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1971) pp. 27
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Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
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Published By: Abingdon Press (1958) pp. 9
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Composer/Editor M. Searle Wright
Published By: Oxford University Press (1958) pp. 1
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Published By: Oxford University Press (1948) pp. 2

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