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TENDER THOUGHT

Tune Information

Title: TENDER THOUGHT
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 12175 71242 1
Key: e minor
Source: A. Davisson's Kentucky Harmony, 1816
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

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. 159
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 18: Holy Communion: N - Z
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Thomas Janson
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 43

Organ Solo

  • Eternal Praises Be: Five Hymn Preludes and Postludes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2011) pp. 9
  • The Organist Volume 105 Number 3 July August 2001: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Carol M. Johnson; Tom Birchwood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2001) pp. 86
  • The Organist's Library Volume 29
    Composer/Editor Gerald Peterson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2001) pp. 28
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 63 Number 6 July August 2000: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Gerald Peterson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2000) pp. 28
  • Six Hymn Fugues: For Organ Opus 253
    Composer/Editor Peter Pindar Stearns
    Published By: Alfred Music Publishing Company, Inc. (1997) pp. 23
  • Tender Thought: Six More Preludes on Early American Hymns for Organ
    Composer/Editor Peter Pindar Stearns
    Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1993) pp. 12
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 23 Number 3 January 1989: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Edward Broughton
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 69
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 18: Holy Communion: N - Z
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Thomas Janson
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 40

Piano Solo

  • American Folk Hymn Suite Set 2
    Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2003) pp. 28
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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #160
Text: Arise, My Tend'rest Thoughts, Arise
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)
Page Scan

A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #208

A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #208

An American Christmas Harp #18

An American Christmas Harp #18

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #186

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #186

Hymnal #556

Hymnal #556

New Harmonia Sacra (Legacy ed.) #21

New Harmonia Sacra (Legacy ed.) #21
Audio

Small Church Music #4702

Small Church Music #4702
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #160

The Cyber Hymnal #160

The Harmonia Sacra #63B

The Harmonia Sacra #63B
Text

The Hymnal 1982 #702

The Hymnal 1982 #702
TextPage Scan

Worship in Song #210

Worship in Song #210
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