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RÖSLEIN

Composer: Heinrich Werner

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Tune Information

Title: RÖSLEIN
Composer: Heinrich Werner
Meter: 7.6.7.7.6.7.6
Incipit: 33543 22233 45665
Key: B♭ Major/D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Haidenröslein

Near the Cross

Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain;
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calv'ry's mountain.

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Once I Saw a Rose

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Companion Volume 4 Number 2 February 1982 General, Lent, Holy Week, Epiphany: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; G. Winston Cassler
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1982) pp. 12
  • Ashford's Hymn Voluntaries No. 2: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries Based on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editors Emma Louise Ashford; Heinrich Werner
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1910) pp. 43

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Les Chants du Pèlerin #45

Redemption Hymnal #396b

Audio

Small Church Music #4930

The Covenant Hymnal #327

Include 15 pre-1979 instances
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