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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Institution (J. Hart): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to ST. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1That dreadful night before His death
- The Lamb for sinners slain;
- Did almost with His dying breath,
- This solemn feast ordain.
- 2To keep the feast, Lord, we have met,
- And to remember Thee;
- Help each redeemed one to repeat,
- “For me, He died for me!”
- 3Thy suff’rings, Lord, each sacred sign
- To our remembrance brings;
- We eat the bread, and drink the wine,
- But think on nobler things.
- 4O tune our tongues, and set in frame
- Each heart that pants for Thee,
- To sing, “Hosanna to the Lamb!”
- The Lamb that died for me!
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the The Institution page.
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