Tune: MARANATHA (Coelho)

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MARANATHA (Coelho)

Composer: Terrye Coelho (1972)
Published in 48 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Terrye Coelho

Terrye Coelho Strom USA 1952-present. Born at Camp Roberts, CA, (a military training camp for soldiers where her father was stationed) she was musically inclined. She attended Arizona State U, Tempe, AZ, and trained as a medical assistant at Anaheim, CA. In 1971 she was converted and joined Calvary Chapel at Costa Mesa, CA. She began singing for Maranatha Music. She also plays guitar. In 1972 she and her sister, Cathy, were driving near their home to and from Newport Beach for a fun time that summer and were singing to pass the time. Terrye improvised the song (noted below). It was first sung at Calvary Chapel shortly thereafter and copyrighted that year by Maranatha Music. It quickly spread to other venues and was eventually published in… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	MARANATHA (Coelho)
Composer:	Terrye Coelho (1972)
Meter:	6.6.4
Incipit:	12217 13344 323
Key:	F Major
Copyright:	© Marantha! Music/Word Music (UK)

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Texts

Father, I Adore You

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Notes

The tune title MARANATHA is an Aramaic expression meaning "Come, O Lord!" or "Our Lord has come." "Maranatha!" became an acclamation in the early church (see 1 Cor. 16:22; Rev. 22:20) and is also part of the name of the Christian music publisher Maranatha! Music, which began as a ministry of Calvary Chapel.

Sing this hymn in three stanzas, or preferably as a three-part round. Use very light registration, just strong enough to provide a steady tempo, and maintain the pulse between stanzas. Guitars are appropriate, with perhaps flute or other melody instruments improvising a descant by playing the alto or tenor part an octave higher.

Because the song is so simple, people can divide into groups to sing it as a round; to avoid the distraction of spoken directions, the song leader can simply gesture to signal when each group should begin. Try singing stanza 1 together; then continue with stanzas 2 and 3 in a round.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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Timeline

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Organ Solo

Unending Praise II: A Fabric of Contemporary Favorites Arranged for Organ
Composer/Editor Tim Doran
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1994) pp. 35
Organ Praise & Worship: Preludes, Offertories, and Postludes
Composer/Editor Fred Bock
Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1982) pp. 11

Piano Solo

Big Red Book of EZ Piano Solos
Composer/Editors Carol McMillen Tornquist; Keith Christopher
Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1998) pp. 83
Keys for Blended Worship: Creative Ideas for Today's Church Pianist Combining Traditional Hymns & Contemporary Praise Songs
Composer/Editors Carol McMillen Tornquist; Kurt Kaiser
Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1998) pp. 38
Piano Praise & Worship: Preludes, Offertories, and Postludes Creative Piano Settings by Fred Bock
Composer/Editor Fred Bock
Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1993) pp. 26
Praise Classics The Best of Our Praise: 20 Praise Classics for Piano
Composer/Editors Carl Seal; Terrye Coelho
Published By: Maranatha! Music (1993) pp. 28
Bock's Best Volume IV: 50 Outstanding Piano Arrangements of Hymns and Gospel Songs
Composer/Editor Fred Bock
Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1991) pp. 138
Kurt Kaiser Piano Solos
Composer/Editor Kurt Kaiser
Published By: The Benson Company, Inc. (1990) pp. 24

Voices: Vocal Solo

Praise Classics The Best of Our Praise: Lord of Love
Composer/Editor George Baldwin
Published By: Maranatha! Music (1993) pp. 51
Amy Grant
Composer/Editor Amy Grant
Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1980) pp. 55