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HOLLY

HOLLY

Composer: Dan Damon
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Composer: Dan Damon

Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: HOLLY
Composer: Dan Damon
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain
Incipit: 14311 54227 65432
Key: d minor
Copyright: © 1996 The Hymn Society (admin. Hope Publishing Company)

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes with Varied Harmonies Book 6: For Pianoforte or Organ
    Composer/Editor Joseph E. Newell
    Published By: Edwin Ashdown, Limited (London) (1920) pp. 3

Media

New Hymns of Hope #29
Text: In Every Changing State of Mind

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New Hymns of Hope #29

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