Hymn tune
BOYLSTON
BOYLSTON is a hymn tune in Short Meter (6.6.8.6), composed by Lowell Mason (1792–1872) (1832). 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 124 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 Psaltry" 1845 by Lowell Mason Page 151. In The Psaltry, the Tenor carries the melody. It is moved to the Soprano. The Soprano is then lowered one octave and made the Tenor part. Lyrics from "A collection of hymns for the use of the tabernacles in Scotland" 1800 Hymn 140 page 127). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to BOYLSTON, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to BOYLSTON
Other texts in the same meter
- Come, we that love the Lord — Come, we that love the Lord,
- I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord — I love Thy kingdom, Lord,
- A Charge to Keep I Have — A charge to keep I have,
- My Soul, Be on Thy Guard — My soul, be on thy guard,
- Soldiers of Christ, Arise — Soldiers of Christ, arise
- Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound — Grace! ’tis a charming sound,
- The Lord's Day — Welcome, sweet day of rest,
- One Sweetly Solemn Thought — One sweetly solemn thought
- Blessedness of Gospel Times — How beauteous are their feet,
- Awake and Sing the Song — Awake, and sing the song
- Come, Sound His Praise — Come, sound His praise abroad,
- How Gentle God's Commands — How gentle God's commands,