Tune: SAFFRON WALDEN

Composer: Arthur Henry Brown

Born: July 24, 1830, Brentwood, Essex, England. Died: February 15, 1926, Brentwood, Essex, England. Almost completely self taught, Brown began playing the organ at the age 10. He was organist of the Brentwood Parish Church, Essex (1842-53); St. Edward’s, Romford (1853-58); Brentwood Parish Church (1858-88); St. Peter’s Church, South Weald (from 1889); and Sir Anthony Browne’s School (to 1926). A member of the London Gregorian Association, he helped assemble the Service Book for the annual festival in St. Paul’s Cathedral. He supported the Oxford Movement, and pioneered the restoration of plainchant and Gregorian mu… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	SAFFRON WALDEN
Composer:	Arthur Henry Brown (1877)
Meter:	8.8.8.6
Incipit:	32151 16554 32143
Key:	D Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Just as I Am, Without One Plea

Just as I am, without one plea,
but that thy blood was shed for me,
and that thou bidd'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

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His Are the Thousand Sparkling Rills

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Arrangements

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

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The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
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Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1994) pp. 74
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Composer/Editor Henry Coleman
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Organ Solo

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Composer/Editor Richard Lloyd
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2010) pp. 410
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Composer/Editor Richard Lloyd
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 58
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Composer/Editor June Nixon
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 127
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Composer/Editor Martin Setchell
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 36
100 Hymn Preludes for Manuals
Composer/Editor Martin Setchell
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 138
Twenty-Four Interludes Based on Communion Hymn Tunes: For Manuals Only, with Optional Pedal
Composer/Editor Henry Coleman
Published By: Oxford Organ Music (1961) pp. 14