Hymn tune
FRANCONIA
FRANCONIA is a hymn tune in Short Meter (6.6.8.6), composed by Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758) (1738). 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.
125 hymns in this library share its meter and can be sung to it.
The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from "The Presbyterian Hymnal", 1874 hymn 118. Lyrics source same v.1-6.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to FRANCONIA, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Other texts in the same meter
- Blest Be the Tie That Binds — Blest be the tie that binds
- 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,