Savior, On this Little Band

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Savior, on this little band

Author: H. O. Knowlton
Published in 5 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Five Lenten and Holy Week Hymn Settings

Author: H. O. Knowlton

Knowlton, H. 0. Duffield notes under her hymn, "I cannot tell if short or long" (Trust), in Laudes Domini, 1884, that "Miss Knowlton was a school-girl in Illinois at the time of its composition. Professor W. F. Sherwin received it from her through the good offices of one of her teachers, a mutual friend " (English Hymns, 1886, p. 238). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Savior, on this little band
Title:	Savior, On this Little Band
Author:	H. O. Knowlton
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

HALLE (Haydn 11112)

[Savior, on this little band]

REDHEAD NO. 76

REDHEAD 76 is named for its composer, who published it as number 76 in his influential Church Hymn Tunes, Ancient and Modern (1853) as a setting for the hymn text "Rock of Ages." It has been associated with Psalm 51 since the 1912 Psalter, where the tune was named AJALON. The tune is also known as P…

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