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[I am coming to the cross] (Fischer)

[I am coming to the cross] (Fischer)

Composer: William G. Fischer (1869)
Published in 432 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: William G. Fischer

William Gustavus Fischer In his youth, William G. Fischer (b. Baltimore, MD, 1835; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1912) developed an interest in music while attending singing schools. His career included working in the book bindery of J. B. Lippencott Publishing Company, teaching music at Girard College, and co-owning a piano business and music store–all in Philadelphia. Fischer eventually became a popular director of music at revival meetings and choral festivals. In 1876 he conducted a thousand-voice choir at the Dwight L. Moody/Ira D. Sankey revival meeting in Philadelphia. Fischer composed some two hundred tunes for Sunday school hymns and gospel songs. Bert Polman Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [I am coming to the cross] (Fischer)
Composer: William G. Fischer (1869)
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 51312 31345 65321
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Library Volume 47
    Composer/Editor Tom Birchwood
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2010) pp. 42
  • The Organist Volume 70 Number 2 May 1966: A Bi-Monthly Magazine for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Rob Roy Peery; Jane Carrier
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1966) pp. 42
  • Van Denman Thompson's Hymn Meditations for Organ
    Composer/Editor Van Denman Thompson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1940) pp. 12

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #877
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #2924
Text: I Am Coming to the Cross
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #877

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The Cyber Hymnal #2924

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Timeless Truths #260

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