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JEFFERSON (Southern Harmony)

Tune Information

Title: JEFFERSON (Southern Harmony)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 11757 13212 11754
Key: a minor or modal
Source: Alexander Johnson's Tennessee Harmony, 1818
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Come, Thou long expected Jesus

Come, thou long expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.

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Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Twenty-Six Hymn Introductions
    Composer/Editor John Eggert
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2015) pp. 18
  • Off the Page, Too: More Techniques for Creating Hymn-Based Organ Settings
    Composer/Editor Donald Rotermund
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2011) pp. #2-14
  • The Art of Hymn Playing Volume 2: 250 Preludes Introductions Free Accompaniments & Alternate Harmonizations
    Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2009) pp. 6, 88
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 1: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 239 - 303
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; Marilyn Biery
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 254
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 1: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 239 - 303
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; William Beckstrand
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 254
  • Fifteen Free Harmonizations: Alternate Hymn Settings for Organ
    Composer/Editor Austin Cole Lovelace
    Published By: G. I. A. Publications, Inc. (2003) pp. 9
  • Pull Out the Stops!: Congregational Song Accompaniments for Organ
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; James D. Holloway
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2001) pp. 124
  • Let It Rip! At the Piano: Congregational Song Accompaniments
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Eric Vollen
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2000) pp. 103
  • 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. 58
  • Easy Hymn Settings Advent - Christmas
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1996) pp. 4
  • From the Serene to the Whimsical: Hymn Introductions for Organ
    Composer/Editor B. Wayne Bisbee
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1994) pp. 24-25
  • Hymn Descants Set 1: With C and B flat Instrument Parts
    Composer/Editor Stanley Drummond Wolff
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1990) pp. 6
  • Basic Hymn Accompaniments Volume I
    Composer/Editor Thomas R. Pearce
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1988) pp. 11
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 1: Advent: A - M
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 29
  • 11 Hymn Intonations Volume I: Free Accompaniments, Instrumental Descants for Organ
    Composer/Editor David Herman
    Published By: G. I. A. Publications, Inc. (1980) pp. 8
  • All Praise to You, Eternal God: Organ Accompaniments for Thirty Hymn Tune Canons
    Composer/Editor Donald Busarow
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1980) pp. 21
  • Hymn Preludes and Free Accompaniments 6
    Composer/Editor Wilbur C. Held
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1978) pp. LL

Organ Solo

  • The Sacred Organ Library Volume 8
    Composer/Editor David Lasky
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2020) pp. 33
  • Unexpected and Mysterious: Hymn Explorations for Organ
    Composer/Editor J. William Greene
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (2020) pp. 4
  • Be Joyful!: 12 Postludes on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2019) pp. 23
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 54 Number 2 November December 2019: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Carson P. Cooman; David M. Lasky
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2019) pp. 7
  • Augsburg Organ Library Advent Series II
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Alec Rowley; Edwin T. Childs
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2018) pp. 8, 67
  • Tune My Heart: Organ Settings of American Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor David Kidwell
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2018) pp. 18
  • Hymn Prelude Library Volume Six Tunes JKL: Lutheran Service Book
    Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Tim Shewmaker
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2014) pp. 6
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 46 Number 5 May June 2012: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; James Boeringer
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2012) pp. 3
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 46 Number 5 May June 2012: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; James Boeringer
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2012) pp. 3
  • The Promised Land: Organ Settings from "The Sacred Harp"
    Composer/Editor James Boeringer
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2010) pp. 3
  • Four Preludes for Easter
    Composer/Editor Bernard Wayne Sanders
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2009) pp. 6
  • Greet the New Morn: Piano Music for Advent and Christmas
    Composer/Editor Rachel Chapin
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2008) pp. 4
  • Come Join the Dance: Folk Tunes and Spirituals for Organ
    Composer/Editor Barbara Harbach
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 20
  • The David Cherwien Hymn Interpretation Series: Christmas
    Composer/Editors David M. Cherwien; Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (2003) pp. 24
  • Consoliere Classic Volume VI Hymn-based Compositions: A Collection of the Finest Organ Music from Consoliere and Manualiere
    Composer/Editors Alison J. Luedecke; E. J. Ulrich
    Published By: World Library Publications, Inc. (2002) pp. 20
  • Composer/Editor Kristina Langlois
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2000) pp. 12
  • Organ Hymn Preludes for the Advent and Christmas Cycle
    Composer/Editor Stephen Weber
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1999) pp. 8
  • How Blessed This Place: Hymn Preludes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Mark Sedio
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1998) pp. 20
  • 6 Hymn Preludes Set 5
    Composer/Editor John Eggert
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1996) pp. 4
  • Easy Hymn Settings Advent - Christmas
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1996) pp. 4
  • 11 Compositions for Organ Set VI
    Composer/Editor Charles W. Ore
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1995) pp. 11
  • 5 Christmas Hymn Improvisations Set 2
    Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1994) pp. 10
  • 5 Short Preludes on American Folk Hymns
    Composer/Editor John David Peterson
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1991) pp. 4
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 12 Number 6 September 1990 General, All Saints, Reformation, Thanksgiving: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Alessandra Ward
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1990) pp. 22
  • Interpretations Based on Hymn-Tunes Book VII: For Organ
    Composer/Editor David M. Cherwien
    Published By: Summa Productions (1988) pp. 10
  • Interpretations Based on Hymn-Tunes Book IV: For Organ
    Composer/Editor David M. Cherwien
    Published By: Art Masters Studios, Inc. (1984) pp. 18
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 1: Advent: A - M
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 28
  • Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing: Hymn preludes for the Organ
    Composer/Editor Anna Laura Page
    Published By: Broadman Press (1981) pp. 36
  • American Organ Music Volume II: A Glance at the Past 100 Years
    Composer/Editors Joanne S. Hart; Dale Wood
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1975) pp. 44
  • Preludes and Postludes Volume 2: Advent Christmas Epiphany
    Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1973) pp. 4
  • Consoliere Volume 3 Number 1 January February March 1972: Practical and Distinctive Pieces for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editor Sam Batt Owens
    Published By: World Library Publications, Inc. (1972) pp. 16
  • Preludes for the Hymns in Worship Supplement Volume I: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany Nos. 701 - 724
    Composer/Editor Myron D. Casner
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1971) pp. 12

Piano Solo

  • In Royal David's City: Carols for Piano
    Composer/Editor Lynn L. Petersen
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2009) pp. 10
  • Shall We Gather at the River
    Composer/Editor John Leavitt
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2004) pp. 20
  • Softly and Tenderly Book 2: Meditations on Hymns by Dale Wood
    Composer/Editors Dale Wood; Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (2004) pp. 16

Instances

Instances (1 - 19 of 19)

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #86

Chalice Hymnal #239

Christian Worship #91E

Community of Christ Sings #145

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Evangelical Lutheran Worship #254

Gather (3rd ed.) #403

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Glory to God #94

Hymnal for the Hours #2

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Lutheran Service Book #338

Lutheran Service Book #476

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Lutheran Worship #22

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Psalms for All Seasons #87E

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RitualSong (2nd ed.) #493

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RitualSong #496

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Small Church Music #1838

The New Century Hymnal #530

The Sacred Harp #148

Voices Together #694

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Worship (4th ed.) #394

Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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