Hymn tune
CORONATION
CORONATION is a hymn tune in 8.6.8.6.8.6, composed by Oliver Holden (1765–1844) (1793). 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 1 more text 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 Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged (Episcopal), 1896 Hymn 450, alt in parts of the Tenor to match "Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church" 1867 Hymn 29.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to CORONATION, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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