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[We would see Jesus]

[We would see Jesus]

Composer: John Harrison Tenney
Published in 1 hymnal


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Composer: John Harrison Tenney

John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [We would see Jesus]
Composer: John Harrison Tenney
Incipit: 32165 12343 22234
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organist Volume 83 Number 5 November 1979 Christmas and Thanksgiving Issue: A Bi-Monthly Publication for Church Organists
    Composer/Editor Edward Broughton
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1979) pp. 31
  • Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee: Organ Preludes
    Composer/Editor Sharron Lyon
    Published By: Broadman Press (1978) pp. 34

Piano Solo

  • What a Friend: Nine Heartfelt Hymn Reflections for Piano
    Composer/Editor Gail Lorraine Hazard
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2002) pp. 10
  • The Church Pianist Volume 6 Number 5 May June 1990: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Thomas R. Berdos
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1990) pp. 14

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4600
Text: Nothing Between (Chapman)
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

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The Cyber Hymnal #4600

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