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[There's a dear and precious Book]

[There's a dear and precious Book]

Composer: Charlie D. Tillman
Published in 69 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: Charlie D. Tillman

Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [There's a dear and precious Book]
Composer: Charlie D. Tillman
Incipit: 11333 31111 11655
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Gospel Hymns for Organ: Registered for All Organs
    Composer/Editor Ralph Sunden
    Published By: Pointer System, Inc. (1968) pp. 10

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1056
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #4436
Text: My Mother's Bible (Williams)
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1056

Audio

Small Church Music #6219

Page Scan

Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #367

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4436

Include 65 pre-1979 instances
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