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STAY WITH US (Pelz)

STAY WITH US (Pelz)

Composer: Walter L. Pelz
Published in 5 hymnals


Composer: Walter L. Pelz

Walter Pelz (b. 1926) was born in Chicago and educated at Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Illinois (B.S. 1948), and Northwestern University ( M.Mus. 1951). After teaching music at Christ Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, and music in the public schools for fourteen years, he became minister of music at Christ Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota (1970). He has been a member of the music faculty of Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, since 1969. There he has directed choirs and conducted the Bethany Oratorio Society, which has performed Handel’s Messiah annually since 1882. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion 1993  Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: STAY WITH US (Pelz)
Composer: Walter L. Pelz
Meter: 7.8.7.7
Key: G Major
Copyright: © 1990 Concordia Publishing House
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Hymn Prelude Library Volume Ten Tunes S: Lutheran Service Book
    Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Walter L. Pelz
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2016) pp. 158
  • Partita on "Stay with Us": I. Theme II. Elegy III. Dialogue Fantasy
    Composer/Editor John A. Behnke
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2011) pp. 2
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Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Christian Worship (2008) #780

Christian Worship (2008) #780

Lutheran Service Book #879

Lutheran Service Book #879

Sing the Faith #2199

Sing the Faith #2199

The Faith We Sing #2199

The Faith We Sing #2199

With One Voice #743

With One Voice #743
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