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MILWAUKEE (Lemke)

Composer: A. Lemke

Born: 1820, Germany. Died: November 1, 1913. Lemke served as organist, choir director, and teacher at Trinity Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, until 1851. --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: MILWAUKEE (Lemke)
Composer: A. Lemke
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.6.6
Incipit: 16443 45411 12342
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates

Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates;
behold, the King of glory waits;
the King of kings is drawing near;
the Savior of the world is here!

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Macht hoch die Tür

Lift Up Your Heads, You Mighty Gates

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Timeline

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Introductions, Interludes, and Codas On Traditional Hymn Tunes: Set 4 Church Year Sacraments Meditation
    Composer/Editor Donald Rotermund
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2010) pp. 2, 5
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 29 Number 1 November 2006 General, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Adolf Friedrich Hesse
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (2006) pp. 14
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 1: Advent: A - M
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 39
  • New Organ Settings for Hymns and Chorales Set I: Opus 22
    Composer/Editor Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1963) pp. 27

Organ Solo

  • Hymn Prelude Library Volume Seven Tunes M: Lutheran Service Book
    Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Jim Vyhanek
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2015) pp. 58
  • Journey to the Manger: Hymn Preludes for Advent and Christmas
    Composer/Editor James Biery
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2014) pp. 20
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 29 Number 1 November 2006 General, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Adolf Friedrich Hesse
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (2006) pp. 12
  • The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender Volume 3: Chorale Preludes for Organ (M - Z)
    Composer/Editors Jan Bender; David Fienen
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 16
  • A Voice Is Sounding: Organ
    Composer/Editor Benjamin M. Culli
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2003) pp. 15
  • 7 Hymn Preludes Set 1: Festival Half of the Church Year: Advent through Pentecost 1
    Composer/Editor Donald Rotermund
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1992) pp. 4
  • 7 Hymn Preludes Set 1: Festival Half of the Church Year: Advent through Pentecost I
    Composer/Editor Donald Rotermund
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1992) pp. 4
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 1: Advent: A - M
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 38
  • 76 Offertories on Hymns & Chorales
    Composer/Editor Albert Beck
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1945) pp. 1

Piano and Organ Duet

  • We Are God's People: Organ and Piano Duets for the Church
    Composer/Editors Ron Sprunger; Linda Sprunger
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2017) pp. 2
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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4076
Text: Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)
TextPage Scan

Christian Worship (1993) #4

Christian Worship (1993) #4
TextPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #91

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #91
Text

Lutheran Service Book #341

Lutheran Service Book #341
Audio

Lutheran Worship #24

Lutheran Worship #24
Audio

Small Church Music #1827

Small Church Music #1827
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4076

The Cyber Hymnal #4076
Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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