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STAND BY ME (Tindley)

STAND BY ME (Tindley)

Composer: Charles Albert Tindley (1905)
Published in 46 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
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Composer: Charles Albert Tindley

Charles Albert Tindley was born in Berlin, Maryland, July 7, 1851; son of Charles and Hester Tindley. His father was a slave, and his mother was free. Hester died when he was very young; he was taken in my his mother’s sister Caroline Miller Robbins in order to keep his freedom. It seems that he was expected to work to help the family. In his Book of Sermons (1932), he speaks of being “hired out” as a young boy, “wherever father could place me.” He married Daisy Henry when he was seventeen. Together they had eight children, some of whom would later assist him with the publication of his hymns. Tindley was largely self-taught throughout his lifetime. He learned to read mostly on his own. After he and Daisy moved to Philadelphia… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: STAND BY ME (Tindley)
Composer: Charles Albert Tindley (1905)
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Incipit: 12333 21567 11355
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

First published in Tindley's Soul Echoes (1905).

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Gospel Hymn Voluntaries Number 4 for the Organ
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1981) pp. 20
  • Gospel Hymn Voluntaries Number Four: For the Organ
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1981) pp. 20
  • A Treasury of Gospel Favorites for Organ
    Composer/Editors Eugene McCluskey; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1975) pp. 60
  • Gospel Hymn Devotions - Number Three: Thirteen Transcriptions for Organ - Standard or Spinet Keyboards
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1973) pp. 18
  • The Organist Volume 75 Number 6 January 1972: A Bi-Monthly Publication for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Roger C. Wilson; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1972) pp. 22
  • The Organist's Collection of: Favorite Gospel Songs Number 3
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1972) pp. 16
  • The Amateur Organist No. 59: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1971) pp. 22
  • The Amateur Organist Number 59: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1971) pp. 22

Piano Solo

  • The Church Pianist Volume 19 Number 5 May June 2003: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors David Sarandon; Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 26

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1058
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #6352
Text: Stand by Me
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 30 of 30)
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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #420

Beams of Heaven #3

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Chalice Hymnal #629

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1058

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #570

Hymnal #558

Text

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #570

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Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #782

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Lift Every Voice and Sing II #200

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #17

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RitualSong (2nd ed.) #835

Sacred Songs of the Church #786

TextAudio

Sing! A New Creation #200

Audio

Small Church Music #3741

Songs of Faith and Praise #971

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Songs of Praise #33

Text

Songs of Zion #41

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Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #94

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #633

The Covenant Hymnal #447

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6352

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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #318

TextAudio

The United Methodist Hymnal #512

TextAudioPage Scan

The United Methodist Hymnal #846

Text

This Far By Faith #198

Text

Voices Together #595

Text

Worship and Rejoice #495

Worship in Song #181

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Yes, Lord! #146

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Zion still Sings #164

Include 16 pre-1979 instances
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