ST. THOMAS (Wade)

Harmonizer: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Composer (attributed to): John Francis Wade

John Francis Wade (b. England, c. 1711; d. Douay, France, 1786) is now generally recognized as both author and composer of the hymn "Adeste fideles," originally written in Latin in four stanzas. The earliest manuscript signed by Wade is dated about 1743. By the early nineteenth century, however, four additional stanzas had been added by other writers. A Roman Catholic, Wade apparently moved to France because of discrimination against Roman Catholics in eighteenth-century England—especially so after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. He taught music at an English college in Douay and hand copied and sold chant music for use in the chapels of wealthy families. Wade's copied manuscripts were published as Cantus Diversi pro Dominicis et Festis p… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. THOMAS (Wade)
Composer (attributed to): John Francis Wade
Harmonizer: Anonymous
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
Incipit: 12312 34365 43221
Notes: Also known as: ADVENT, HOLYWOOD, ADORATION, GREECE, DISMISSION, TANTUM ERGO, ST. WERBURGH
Key: D Major/E♭ Major
Source: Traditional;J. F. Wade's Cantus Diversi, 1751;Webbe's Motets and Antiphons, 1792;Traditional melody
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending

Lo he comes in clouds descending,
Once for helpless sinner slain!
Thousand, thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
All the Angels cry amen.

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Notes

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymns Amazing: Fifty of the Finest, Like They've Never Sounded Before, Plus a Prelude on Every One!
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2015) pp. 222
  • An Organist's Book of Hymns: The Liturgical Year: 3 Part Hymns and Chorale Preludes
    Composer/Editor Noel Jones
    Published By: Frog Music (2014) pp. 188
  • Vocal Descants for 101 Noteworthy Hymns
    Composer/Editor Lorna Barker
    Published By: Church Publishing (2010) pp. 56
  • 200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 158
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Rosalie Bonighton
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 196
  • 150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
    Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 32
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 12
  • The Art of Hymn Playing 2nd edition: 250 Preludes Introductions Free Accompaniments & Alternate Harmonizations
    Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2006) pp. 126
  • Two Hundred One Hymn Tune Prelude Miniatures
    Composer/Editor Mark Winchester
    Published By: Frog Music (2005) pp. 174
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 159
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 128
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 140
  • Ninety Easy Hymn Accompaniments: For Keyboard
    Composer/Editor Margaret Mealy
    Published By: GIA Publications, Inc. (1997) pp. 84
  • Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1994) pp. 81
  • Thirty Short Preludes on Well-Known Hymns for Organ
    Composer/Editor Flor Peeters
    Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1960) pp. 29
  • Free Organ Accompaniments to One Hundred Well-known Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor T. Tertius Noble
    Published By: J. Fischer & Brothers (1946) pp. 3
  • Varied Accompaniments to Thirty-four Well-known Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Eric Harding Thiman
    Published By: Oxford University Press (1937) pp. 13

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Companion Volume 41 Number 6 September October 2019 General, All Saints, Reformation, Thanksgiving: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; John G. Barr
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2019) pp. 12
  • Augsburg Organ Library Advent Series II
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Alec Rowley; Emma Lou Diemer
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2018) pp. 130
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 41 Number 1 November December 2018 General, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Dennis Janzer
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2018) pp. 8
  • Let All that Hath Breath: An Organ Album for the 50th Anniversary of the Association of Anglican Musicians
    Composer/Editor Bruce Neswick
    Published By: Selah Publishing Company, Inc. (2016) pp. 9
  • Hymn Prelude Library Volume Five Tunes HI: Lutheran Service Book
    Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Timothy Shaw
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2014) pp. 18
  • Journey to the Manger: Hymn Preludes for Advent and Christmas
    Composer/Editor James Biery
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2014) pp. 16
  • Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists Volume 1 Advent and Christmas: 38 Original Pieces On Hymns and Carols
    Composer/Editors Rebecca Groom Te Velde; David Blackwell
    Published By: Oxford University Press (2014) pp. 52
  • Praise the One: Ten Organ Impressions for Worship, Volume 3
    Composer/Editor Benjamin M. Culli
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2012) pp. 36
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 34 Number 6 September October 2012: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Dennis Janzer
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2012) pp. 8
  • 150 Hymn Preludes Book 2 Hymn Tune L - W: Short and Playable Pieces in Keys to Match All Popular Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2010) pp. 484
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 32 Number 1 November December 2009 General, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Carl Klein
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2009) pp. 18
  • The Organist's Library Volume 46
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2009) pp. 84
  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 266
  • Be Near Me, Lord Jesus: Five Expansive Organ Preludes for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
    Composer/Editor Robert Lind
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 5
  • Hymn Preludes for the Church Year Book 2: Ordinary Time
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 212
  • The Organist's Companion from Lent to Easter: Over 50 Seasonal Pieces for Organ
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 58
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 167
  • Laudate! Volume 5: Organ Music Based on the 100 Most Popular Hymns in Worship III and Gather
    Composer/Editors James W. Kosnik; Charles Callahan
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1998) pp. 28
  • 100 Hymn Preludes for Manuals
    Composer/Editor Philip Lane
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 70
  • Eight Hymntune Preludes: For Organ
    Composer/Editor David M. Lasky
    Published By: H. W. Gray Publications (1994) pp. 10
  • Organ Music for Advent
    Composer/Editor Robert Lind
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1993) pp. 8
  • Prelude on "St. Thomas": Saint Cecilia Series Organ Compositions
    Composer/Editor David M. Lasky
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1990) pp. 1
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 23 Number 2 November 1988: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Forest Hill
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1988) pp. 37
  • Nine Hymn-Tune Preludes: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Anita Denniston Bassett
    Published By: Ludwig Music Publishing Co. (1987) pp. 12
  • At Your Service: Improvisations for Organ Based on Hymn Tunes and Plainsong Melodies
    Composer/Editor Robert Hebble
    Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1984) pp. 4
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 4 Number 6 October 1982 General, All Saints, Reformation, Thanksgiving: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Jack C. Goode
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1982) pp. 24
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 16 Number 6 July 1982: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Kevin Norris
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1982) pp. 51
  • Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness Volume 2: Organ Music for Communion and General Use
    Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1981) pp. 28
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 91
  • Easy Trios: Music for Worship
    Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1969) pp. 5
  • The Parish Organist Part Twelve: Thirty-five Preludes on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editors Willem Mudde; Paul O. Manz
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1966) pp. 39
  • The Sunday Morning Organist Volume Three
    Composer/Editor Harold H. DeCou
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1965) pp. 63
  • Fifteen Hymn Tune Improvisations - The Church Year and General Use: For Organ with Pipe and Hammond Registration
    Composer/Editor R. Donald Curry
    Published By: Pallma Music Company (1962) pp. 2
  • Hymntune Preludes for the Organ Volume III: Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity, Special Services
    Composer/Editor G. Winston Cassler
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1962) pp. 20
  • Festal Voluntaries: Advent
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1956) pp. 13
  • Choral Prelude on O Come, Emmanuel and Postlude on Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending (St. Thomas): Leeds Organ Series
    Composer/Editor Kenneth Walton
    Published By: Leeds Music Corporation (1943) pp. 4
  • Seven Chorale Preludes Set 2: Original Compositions (New Series) 45
    Composer/Editor Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1916) pp. 12

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