Hymn tune
AUSTRIA (HAYDN)
AUSTRIA (HAYDN) is a hymn tune in 8.7.8.7 D, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) (1797). 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 2 hymns, listed below, and 31 more texts in the same meter can be sung to it.
The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from "The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes", 1880 Hymn 527 page 463. Lyrics: same source, alt. ABC file contributed to the Open Hymnal by Tobin Strong, 10 Feb 2014.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to AUSTRIA (HAYDN), with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to AUSTRIA (HAYDN)
Other texts in the same meter
- Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing — Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
- Love Divine, All Loves Excelling — Love divine, all love excelling,
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus — What a friend we have in Jesus,
- Evening Prayer — Savior, breath an evening blessing
- Hail, Thou once-despisèd Jesus! — Hail, Thou once despised Jesus!
- Here Am I, Send Me — Hark! the voice of Jesus crying,
- I've Found a Friend — I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend!
- All the Way My Savior Leads Me — All the way my Saviour leads me;
- Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow — Thro the night of doubt and sorrow
- Lord, With Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee — Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee
- Hark! The Sound of Holy Voices — Hark! the sound of holy voices,
- Alleluia! Sing to Jesus — Alleluia! sing to Jesus!