Hymn tune
ANGEL VOICES (MONK)
ANGEL VOICES (MONK) is a hymn tune in 8.5.8.5.8.7, composed by Edwin George Monk (1819–1900) (1861). In a hymnal the tune has a name of its own, printed in capitals, because the same music carries many texts: any hymn written in its meter can be sung to it.
In this library it is the tune for 1 hymn, listed below.
The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from 'The Hymnal, Revised' The Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1911 Hymn 98. published in Pott's "Hymns fitted to the Order of Common Prayer", 2nd edition, 1866 tune and lyrics written for the same event arrangement rather similar (not exact) to that in multiple 1890's sources; almost definitely Monk's arrangement.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to ANGEL VOICES (MONK), with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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