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COMPLAINER

Tune Information

Title: COMPLAINER
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Incipit: 51135 65353 21351
Key: E♭ Major
Source: W. Walker's Southern Harmony
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

I am a great complainer, that bears the name of Christ


I am a great complainer, that bears the name of Christ;
Come, all ye Zion mourners, and listen to my cries:
I've many sore temptations, and sorrows to my soul;
I feel my faith declining, and my affections cold.

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Cuando al Jordán fue Cristo

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. 28
  • Grace Notes VIII
    Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1999) pp. 19
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 21: General: Ber - Cons
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Donald Rotermund
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 27
  • All Praise to You, Eternal God: Organ Accompaniments for Thirty Hymn Tune Canons
    Composer/Editor Donald Busarow
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1980) pp. 9
  • Hymn Preludes and Free Accompaniments 2
    Composer/Editor Emma Lou Diemer
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1978) pp. LL

Organ Solo

  • Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal: Early American Hymn Tunes Creatively Set for Organ
    Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2015) pp. 28
  • Six General Hymn Improvisations Set 3
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2005) pp. 12
  • Grace Notes VIII
    Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1999) pp. 18
  • The Praises of Zion
    Composer/Editor Mark Sedio
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1998) pp. 14
  • Grace Notes VI: General Collection for Organ
    Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1997) pp. 22
  • The Sacred Organ Folio No. 29
    Composer/Editor Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1984) pp. 34
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 18 Number 5 May 1984: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1984) pp. 34
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 21: General: Ber - Cons
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Donald Rotermund
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 25
  • Consoliere Volume 7 Number 2 April May June 1976: Practical and Distinctive Pieces for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editor Charles G. Frischmann
    Published By: World Library Publications, Inc. (1976) pp. 14

Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)

Cáliz de Bendiciones #125

TextPage Scan

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #152

Text

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #269

Text

Chalice Hymnal #177

El Himnario #117

Text

El Himnario Presbiteriano #117

Mil Voces para Celebrar #125

Sing Justice! Do Justice! #9

Audio

Sing! A New Creation #272

Singing the Living Tradition #44

The Sacred Harp #141

TextAudio

The United Methodist Hymnal #252

Include 9 pre-1979 instances
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