Meter: 7.7.7.7 DAppears in 107 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis J. F. Hérold; George KingsleyTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 32114 32566 53123 Used With Text: Take My Life, and Let It Be
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6Appears in 79 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: David EvansTune Sources: Finnish folk tune, c. 19th centuryTune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 53212 16555 65435 Used With Text: By All Your Saints Still Striving
Appears in 215 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Martin Shaw, 1875-1958Tune Sources: French traditional melodyTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33355 43323 53213 Used With Text: Come and worship
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7Appears in 878 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry T. SmartTune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 53153 21566 51432 Used With Text: Angels, From the Realms of Glory
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 192 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750Tune Key: e minorIncipit: 13171 32134 45344 Used With Text: The glory of these forty days
Meter: 5.4.6 D with refrainAppears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Nolan Williams, Jr. b. 1969Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 12323 65235 43221 Used With Text: Messiah Now Has Come
Meter: 8.7.8.7 DAppears in 33 hymnalsTune Sources: Geistliche Volkslieder, Paderborn, 1850Tune Key: g minorIncipit: 12334 32232 12171 Used With Text: Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
Meter: 8.7.8.7.12.7Appears in 87 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Augustine Arne , 1710-1778Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 13517 65671 65435 Used With Text: Lo! he comes, with clouds descending
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. Adolf HultIncipit: 55551 66511 75654 Used With Text: Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John E. West; George F. HandelIncipit: 55555 44456 77777 Used With Text: The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 276 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William B. BradburyTune Key: A Flat MajorIncipit: 55566 55511 12322 Used With Text: 다 이 루 었 다 ('Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7Appears in 166 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Winfred DouglasTune Sources: Plainsong, 12th cent.Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 12343 23213 45653 Used With Text: Of the Father's Love Begotten
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8Appears in 299 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1561); John L. Bell (b. 1949)Tune Sources: 34 Pseaulmes de David, Geneva 1551Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 12321 76512 34321 Used With Text: Comfort, comfort now my people
Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Frederick Handel (1685-1759); Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842- )Incipit: 55432 17123 52231 Used With Text: Come unto Me, ye weary
Meter: 8.7.8.7 DAppears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William B. Roberts, b. 1947Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 31517 61556 71234 Used With Text: Jesus, Once with Sinners Numbered
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 320 hymnalsTune Sources: T. Este's The Whole Book of Psalms, 1592; alt. 1990Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 13321 44323 55453 Used With Text: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8Appears in 243 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Georg Neumark (1621-1681)Tune Key: g minorIncipit: 51232 12757 77651 Used With Text: Wise Men, They Came to Look for Wisdom
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 56 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Clark (1775-1859)Tune Sources: A Second Set of Psalm Tunes, c. 1807Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 51715 65435 67 Used With Text: Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6Appears in 61 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958; Paul G. Bunjes, 1914-98Tune Sources: English Tune Key: d minorIncipit: 54512 34765 43171 Used With Text: By All Your Saints in Warfare
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 190 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Sebastian BachTune Sources: Pensum Sacrum , 1648Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 13532 34565 32117 Used With Text: Arise, O LORD, Our God, Arise
Meter: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 44 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas TallisTune Key: g minorIncipit: 13333 44555 55655 Used With Text: How Could They Do This Constantly
Meter: 7.6.7.6 DAppears in 600 hymnalsTune Sources: Mainz Song Book, 1833Tune Key: A MajorIncipit: 51765 13455 67122 Used With Text: Hosanna, loud hosanna
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6 DAppears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 51553 32346 543 Used With Text: Go Bear The Joyful Tidings
Meter: 8.7.8.7 DAppears in 212 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. F. White; Ronald NelsonTune Key: F Major or modalIncipit: 11213 32161 16561 Used With Text: Holy Spirit of Messiah
Meter: IrregularAppears in 15 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Frederick HandelTune Sources: MessiahTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 15651 56511 11111 Used With Text: Hallelujah Chorus
Meter: 10.7.9.6Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wayne L. WoldTune Sources: Yiddish folk songTune Key: a minorIncipit: 55555 17165 471 Used With Text: Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeatAppears in 628 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason; George Frederick HandelTune Sources: From George Frederick Handel, Siroe, 1728Tune Key: C MajorIncipit: 34517 65123 34555 Used With Text: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Meter: 6.5.6.5 DAppears in 210 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James R. MurrayTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 55433 21176 55565 Used With Text: A Candle Is Burning
Meter: 7.8.7.6.8.8.8Appears in 17 hymnalsTune Sources: 16th c. FrenchTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 51233 43217 62165 Used With Text: O Come, Divine Messiah!
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8Appears in 221 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph BarnbyTune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 33332 12355 55434 Used With Text: Messiah, Joy of Every Heart
Meter: 6.6.8.6Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John GossTune Key: G Major or modalIncipit: 51356 53212 24332 Used With Text: Ye Who Messiah Seek
Appears in 482 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry BakerTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33351 22355 54234 Used With Text: 'Tis finished, the Messiah dies
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6Appears in 170 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James Smith Anderson (1853-1945)Tune Sources: German melody, 16th century or earlierTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 55565 53432 17155 Used With Text: Hail to the Lord's Anointed
Meter: 8.8.12.7 with refrainAppears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sally Ann MorrisTune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 33666 56333 66712 Used With Text: The People Who Walked in Darkness