Hymn tune
BATTY
BATTY is a hymn tune in 8.7.8.7, credited to Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz (1745). 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, and 26 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 "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854 Hymn 108. Text as found in 1871 Episcopal Hymnal). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to BATTY, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to BATTY
Other texts in the same meter
- In the Cross of Christ — In the cross of Christ I glory,
- Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult — Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult
- There's a Wideness in God's Mercy — There's a wideness in God's mercy,
- Sweet the Moments — Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
- Come, Thou long expected Jesus — Come, Thou long-expected Jesus,
- God Is Love — God is Love: His mercy brightens
- The Incarnation — Hark, what mean those holy voices
- The King of Love My Shepherd Is — The King of love my Shepherd is,
- May the Grace of Christ Our Savior — May the grace of Christ our Saviour,
- Gently Lord, O Gently Lead Us — Gently, Lord, oh, gently lead us.
- Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me — Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me;
- The True Light — Light of those whose dreary dwelling