Hymn tune
EVAN
EVAN is a hymn tune in Common Meter (8.6.8.6), composed by W. H. Havergal (1793–1870) (1847). 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 325 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 from "New Carmina Sacra" 1850 arr. Lowel Mason page 99 text checked against "The Psalms of David" (1817 reprint by Timothy Dwight) pages 274-275 Ps CXIX text altered in verse 5 per "Sunday School Hymnal", 1901 English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri and Other States hymn #348 page 336). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to EVAN, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to EVAN
Other texts in the same meter
- Praise for the Fountain opened — There is a fountain filled with blood
- Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed — Alas, and did my Savior bleed,
- Holy Fortitude — Am I a soldier of the cross,
- Joy to the World — Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
- O for a Thousand Tongues — O for a thousand tongues to sing
- Amazing Grace — Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!
- How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds — How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
- Walking with God — O for a closer walk with God,
- Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone — Must Jesus bear the cross alone,
- O God, Our Help in Ages Past — O God, our Help in ages past,
- When I Can Read My Title Clear — When I can read my title clear
- Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove — Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove,