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AS THE GRAINS

Composer: Marty Haugen

Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepar… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: AS THE GRAINS
Composer: Marty Haugen
Meter: Irregular
Key: E Major
Copyright: © 1990 GIA Publications, Inc.

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • As Though the Whole Creation Cried Volume 2: Fifty Hymn Harmonizations for Organ
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2009) pp. 6
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 4: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 442- 502
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; J. Bert Carlson
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2008) pp. 465
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 4: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 442- 502
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; Edie Linneweber
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2008) pp. 465
  • Pull Out the Stops!: Congregational Song Accompaniments for Organ
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; Mark Sedio
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2001) pp. 21

Organ Solo

  • Communion Hymns for Organ Volume 2
    Composer/Editor Edwin T. Childs
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2012) pp. 4

Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #465

Gather Comprehensive #825

RitualSong #921

The New Century Hymnal #783

With One Voice #705

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