DIX

DIX is a hymn tune in 7.7.7.7.7.7, composed by Conrad Kocher (1786–1872) (1838). 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 17 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 English Hymnal, 1906 Hymn 39. Music from "Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes", 1838 by Kocher, Hymn 201 page 250. adapted by William Henry Monk from the original (removed two measures and changed parts of the arrangement) for "Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. Also almost just like the Bristol Tune Book of 1863, Hymn 172.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to DIX, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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