RETREAT (Hastings)

Composer: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: RETREAT (Hastings)
Composer: Thomas Hastings (1842)
Place Of Origin: United States
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 34555 43665 71222
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: Volume II
    Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
    Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1986) pp. 55

Organ Solo

  • Come, All Christians, Be Committed: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Sharron Lyon
    Published By: Broadman Press (1989) pp. 7
  • PedalPoint Volume 6 Number 2 January February March 1987: Church Music and Study Helps for Pianists and Organists
    Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; Sandra W. Jarrell
    Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1987) pp. 17

Piano Solo

  • Near to the Heart of God: Introspective Vignettes for Times of Prayer - Settings for Piano
    Composer/Editor Penny Rodriguez
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 12
  • One Lord, One Faith: Timeless Hymns & Contemporary Praise Songs
    Composer/Editor Marilynn Joy Ham
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1997) pp. 38

Piano and Organ Duet

  • I Will Sing of My Redeemer: Organ Piano Duets
    Composer/Editors Todd Billingsley; Barry Braman
    Published By: Genevox Music Group (1998) pp. 40
  • I've Found a Friend: Organ & Piano Duets
    Composer/Editor Ron Boud
    Published By: Genevox Music Group (1987) pp. 30

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #244
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #194
Text: Another Six Days' Work Is Done
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #1626
Text: From Every Stormy Wind
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #7143
Text: We Bless the Name of Christ, the Lord
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #8423
Text: Great God, Thou Giver Of All Good
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 46 of 46)
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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #152

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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #220

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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #419

Ambassador Hymnal #585

Text

Celebremos Su Gloria #175

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #244

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #352

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #228

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #323

Community of Christ Sings #214

Community of Christ Sings #507

Community of Christ Sings #621

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #358

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #561

Himnos de la Iglesia #69

Himnos de la Iglesia #484

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #220

Hymnal #458

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Hymns of Faith #95

Hymns of the Saints #118

Hymns of the Saints #174

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Lift Every Voice and Sing II #161

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #158

Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #154

Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #372

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #326

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Sacred Selections for the Church #417

Sacred Songs of the Church #733

Text

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #527

Audio

Small Church Music #1893

Songs of Faith and Praise #104

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Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #353

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #360

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #448

The Christian Life Hymnal #468

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The Cyber Hymnal #194

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The Cyber Hymnal #1626

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The Cyber Hymnal #7143

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #8423

The Harmonia Sacra #69B

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The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #319

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The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #432

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Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #631

Text

Voices Together #486

Text

Voices United #553

生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #228

Include 486 pre-1979 instances
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