Tune: BOYLSTON

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BOYLSTON

Composer: Lowell Mason (1832)
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	A Charge to Keep I Have

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	Twelve Hymn Tune Intonations

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	CHOIR HYMNAL, THE

Composer: Lowell Mason

Dr. Lowell Mason (the degree was conferred by the University of New York) is justly called the father of American church music; and by his labors were founded the germinating principles of national musical intelligence and knowledge, which afforded a soil upon which all higher musical culture has been founded. To him we owe some of our best ideas in religious church music, elementary musical education, music in the schools, the popularization of classical chorus singing, and the art of teaching music upon the Inductive or Pestalozzian plan. More than that, we owe him no small share of the respect which the profession of music enjoys at the present time as contrasted with the contempt in which it was held a century or more ago. In fact, the… Go to person page >

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Title:	BOYLSTON
Composer:	Lowell Mason (1832)
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Incipit:	53456 51176 65534
Key:	C Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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A Charge to Keep I Have

Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Christian love;
the fellowship of kindred minds
is like to that above.

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Final Stanzas Volume 3: Hymn Settings for Organ and Descanting Instrument
Composer/Editor David Maxwell
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2013) pp. 5
Off the Page: Tips & Techniques for Creating Hymn-Based Organ Settings
Composer/Editor Donald Rotermund
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2007) pp. #4-7
World's Greatest Hymns for Piano & Voice: 70 of the Most Inspirational Melodies Suitable for Solo Piano Performance or as an Accompaniment
Composer/Editor Jerry Ray
Published By: Alfred Music Publishing Company, Inc. (2002) pp. 94
Ten Hymn Intonations: For Organ
Composer/Editor David Angerman
Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1999) pp. 28
The Creative Use of Descants in Worship: The Creative Church Musician Series / Volume 3
Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1999) pp. 19
Easy Hymn Accompaniments for Organ or Piano: Set II
Composer/Editor Edward H. Myer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1995) pp. 16
12 Hymn Tune Intonations
Composer/Editor Mark Albrecht
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1993) pp. 6
Twenty Hymn Introductions- Musica Sacra: For the Organ
Composer/Editor James Engel
Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1988) pp. 26
The Piano Hymnal: 200 Favorite Hymn Arrangements
Composer/Editor David Smither
Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1985) pp. 130
Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: By Fifty American Composers
Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 3
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 21: General: Ber - Cons
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Kimberly Kondal Patterson
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 19
Organ Hymns of Praise from the Crystal Cathedral: Hymn Accompaniments Arranged by Richard Unfreid
Composer/Editor Richard Unfried
Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1981) pp. 37
Twenty-Four Hymn Introductions Volume II: Opus 56
Composer/Editor Jan Bender
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1974) pp. 24
Hymns and Their Variations: For All Organs
Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
Published By: Charles H. Hansen Music Corporation (1962) pp. 12
Easy Hymn-Improvisations For Hammond Organ: Registered for Pipe and Hammond Organ
Composer/Editor Virginia Carrington Thomas
Published By: Ethel Smith Music Corporation (1949) pp. 19

Organ Solo

The Sacred Organ Library Volume 2
Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2017) pp. 10
The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 51 Number 1 September October 2016: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Carson P. Cooman; Robert J. Powell
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2016) pp. 10
The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 51 Number 1 September October 2016: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Carson P. Cooman; Robert J. Powell
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2016) pp. 10
The Organist Volume 118 Number 3 July August 2014: The Service Music Companion for the Church Organist
Composer/Editors Douglas E. Wagner; Lani Smith
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2014) pp. 23
The Organist's Library Volume 55
Composer/Editor Dan R. Edwards
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2014) pp. 77
5 Preludes of Praise Set Eight
Composer/Editor John A. Behnke
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2013) pp. 8
Hymn Prelude Library Volume Two Tunes BC: Lutheran Service Book
Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Brian Henkelmann
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2013) pp. 32
The Organ Portfolio Volume 76 Number 6 July August 2013: The Service Music Anthology for the Church Organist
Composer/Editors Douglas E. Wagner; Dan R. Edwards
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2013) pp. 9
Hymn Tune Compositions by Austin C. Lovelace: 12 Chorale Preludes / Variations 22 Original Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor Austin Cole Lovelace
Published By: Darcey Press (2012) pp. 51
A Treasury of Hymn Settings Volume 2
Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Gordon Young
Published By: The Sacred Music Press (2005) pp. 30
The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender Volume 1: Chorale Preludes for Organ or Piano
Composer/Editors Jan Bender; David Fienen
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 7
The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender Volume 2: Chorale Preludes for Organ (A - L)
Composer/Editors Jan Bender; David Fienen
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 10
The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 38 Number 5 May June 2004: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Mark Barnard; Gordon Young
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2004) pp. 25
The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 38 Number 5 May June 2004: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Mark Barnard; Gordon Young
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2004) pp. 25
Ten Hymn Intonations: For Organ
Composer/Editor David Angerman
Published By: Harold Flammer Music Publishers Incorporated (1999) pp. 28
Lift High the Cross: For Organ
Composer/Editor Gordon Young
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1994) pp. 32
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 21: General: Ber - Cons
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Kimberly Kondal Patterson
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 18
Jesus Is Lord of All: Hymn Preludes for Organ
Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; George Brandon
Published By: Broadman Press (1978) pp. 44
14 Pieces for Organ
Composer/Editor Gordon Young
Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1969) pp. 26
Gordon Young's Preludes: On Hymn Tunes for Organ
Composer/Editor Gordon Young
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1968) pp. 8
Hymn Tune Preludes for the Organ No. 3
Composer/Editors Samuel W. Shanko; Donald P. Hustad
Published By: Broadman Press (1967) pp. 26
The Parish Organist Part One: One Hundred Twenty Chorale Preludes, Voluntaries, and Postludes by Older Masters and Contemporary Composers
Composer/Editors Heinrich Fleischer; Ludwig Lenel
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1953) pp. 28
The Parish Organist Parts I to IV: One Hundred Twenty Chorale Preludes, Voluntaries, and Postludes by Older Masters and Contemporary Composers
Composer/Editors Heinrich Fleischer; Ludwig Lenel
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1953) pp. 22
76 Offertories on Hymns & Chorales
Composer/Editor Albert Beck
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1945) pp. 59
Seven Preludes or Postludes on Lowell Mason Hymns: For Organ
Composer/Editor Seth Bingham
Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1945) pp. 6

Piano Solo

Hymn Tune Preludes for the Piano No. 3
Composer/Editors Samuel W. Shanko; Robert E. Mulloy
Published By: Broadman Press (1967) pp. 10

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BOYLSTON

Composer: Lowell Mason

Tune Information

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Alternative Tunes

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Piano/Organ

Choral

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Organ Solo

Piano Solo

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #521

The Cyber Hymnal #27

The Cyber Hymnal #172

The Cyber Hymnal #794

The Cyber Hymnal #2372

The Cyber Hymnal #2427

The Cyber Hymnal #3575

The Cyber Hymnal #5330

The Cyber Hymnal #8051

The Cyber Hymnal #10708

The Cyber Hymnal #10950

The Cyber Hymnal #13548

The Cyber Hymnal #14009

The United Methodist Hymnal #413

Worship and Rejoice #588

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