Tune: VINEYARD HAVEN

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VINEYARD HAVEN

Composer: Richard Dirksen (1974)
Published in 27 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Marching to Zion!

Choral
	Come, We that Love the Lord

Handbells
	REJOICE, YE PURE IN HEART

Composer: Richard Dirksen

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Tune Information

Title:	VINEYARD HAVEN
Composer:	Richard Dirksen (1974)
Meter:	6.6.8.6.6.6
Incipit:	13454 33423 456
Key:	c minor
Copyright:	© 1974 by Harold Flammer, a division of Shawnee Press, Inc. Copyright Renewed

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Texts

Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

Rejoice, O pure in heart,
rejoice, give thanks, and sing;
your festal banner wave on high,
the cross of Christ your King.

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Lift Up Your Heads, O Gates

When God the Spirit Came

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Alternative Tunes

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Notes

Richard Dirksen (PHH 148) composed VINEYARD HAVEN in 1974 for the text "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart" as a processional choral anthem for the installation of Presiding Bishop John Maury Allin at the Washington (D.C.) Cathedral, also known as the National Cathedral. The anthem includes various harmonizations for different stanzas and is scored for choir and organ with optional brass and timpani accompaniment. VINEYARD HAVEN was first published as a hymn tune in Ecumenical Praise (1977). Dirksen wrote that the quality of rejoicing was intended to foreshadow the raising of "such 'Hosannas' forever in [God's] presence and with the company of heaven in the life eternal." The tune is named after the town on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr., who was then Dean of Washington Cathedral, had his permanent home.

Erik Routley (PHH 31) once stated that it is "safe to call [VINEYARD HAVEN] one of the greatest twentieth-century hymn tunes." After related phrases rise sequentially in pitch, the tune reaches its peak in the "hosanna" refrain and at that point exhibits the melodic and harmonic surprises which, though initially difficult for a congregation, endear this tune to many Christians today. VINEYARD HAVEN requires full, bright organ registration. Sing this majestic tune in unison. To capture the question-and-answer character of the psalm text, the choir or part of the congregation may sing the question in the first line of stanzas 2 and 4, and everyone can sing the responses.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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Timeline

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 10: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 819 - 893
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; James Biery
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2009) pp. 874
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 10: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 819 - 893
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; Marshall S. Barnhouse, III
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2009) pp. 874
The St. Francis Collection of Free Accompaniments to Hymn Tunes: 80 Settings by Various Composers
Composer/Editors Dirk van Dissel; Christopher Dearnley
Published By: G. I. A. Publications, Inc. (2005) pp. 111
Hymnal Supplement 98: Vocal Descant Edition
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 804

Organ Solo

Praise the One: Ten Organ Impressions for Worship, Volume 3
Composer/Editor Benjamin M. Culli
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2012) pp. 42
Augsburg Organ Library November
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Robert J. Powell
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2000) pp. 118
Hymnal Supplement 98 Organ Prelude Edition: Volume 1 Advent / Christmas / Epiphany
Composer/Editors David A. Johnson; Kevin J. Hildebrand
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2000) pp. 10
Hymn Interpretations for Organ
Composer/Editor David P. Dahl
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1999) pp. 26