Hymn tune
DIADEMATA
DIADEMATA is a hymn tune in Short Meter Double (6.6.8.6 D), composed by George J. Elvey (1816–1893) (1868). 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 6 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 "Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869 Hymn 318. Ed. William H. Monk. Unknown if the arrangement is Elvey's or Monk's.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to DIADEMATA, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to DIADEMATA
Other texts in the same meter
- I Was A Wandering Sheep — I was a wand'ring sheep,
- Wants — Jesus, my strength, my hope,
- A Few More Years Shall Roll — A few more years shall roll,
- Commit Thou All Thy Griefs — Commit thou all thy griefs
- Thou Art Gone Up On High — Thou art gone up on high
- Make Me a Captive, Lord — Make me a captive, Lord,