[Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior]

[Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior]

Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick (1917)
Published in 122 hymnals


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

Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick

William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior]
Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick (1917)
Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain
Incipit: 55653 45121 65565
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • The Evangelistic Piano Hymnal: Over 270 stylistic arrangements with "runs" and "fill-ins"
    Composer/Editor David Smither
    Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1976) pp. 173

Piano Solo

  • Piano Preludes
    Composer/Editor Gina Y. Sprunger
    Published By: SoundForth (2006) pp. 20
  • Sunday Evening Praise: 35 Piano Arrangements
    Composer/Editor W. Elmo Mercer
    Published By: Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. (1991) pp. 52

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1097
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #6365
Text: Stepping in the Light
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 14 of 14)
Tune InfoScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1097

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #185

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #518

TextPage Scan

Hymns of Faith #412

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #599

Page Scan

Sacred Selections for the Church #182

Audio

Small Church Music #2614

Page Scan

Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #294

The Christian Life Hymnal #425

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6365

TextPage Scan

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #315

Text

Timeless Truths #1077

TextPage Scan

Worship and Service Hymnal #411

Worship His Majesty #463

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