[Holy, holy, holy Lord] (Scholtes)

[Holy, holy, holy Lord] (Scholtes)

Composer: Peter Scholtes
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: Peter Scholtes

Peter Scholtes (1938–2009) Peter was born in Evanston, Illinois and grew up in Oak Park, where he attended Ascension School and Fenwick High School before studying at Quigley and St. Mary of the Lake-Mundelein seminaries. He earned his Masters in Adult Education and Organization Development at Boston University. Peter wrote the hymn "They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love" while he was a parish priest at St. Brendan's on the South Side of Chicago in the 1960s. At the time, he was leading a youth choir out of the church basement and was looking for an appropriate song for a series of ecumenical, interracial events. When he couldn't find such a song, he wrote the now-famous hymn in a single day. His experiences at St. Brendan's, a… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Holy, holy, holy Lord] (Scholtes)
Composer: Peter Scholtes
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 72453 21724 53
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © 1966 CPP/Belwin, Inc.

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Easy Organ Library Volume 15: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Peter Scholtes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1994) pp. 35

Piano Solo

  • Sunday Morning Blend: 25 Solo Keyboard Medleys for Contemporary Worship Volume 1: Hymns plus Praise & Worship Songs Includes Chord Symbols
    Composer/Editor Carol McMillen Tornquist
    Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (2000) pp. 68
  • Holy Ground: 23 Praise & Worship Favorites Arranged for Piano
    Composer/Editor Tim Conyers
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1996) pp. 28

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Spirituals and Hymns: For Organ and Piano
    Composer/Editor Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1994) pp. 28

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Songs of Faith and Praise #107

The Covenant Hymnal #52

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