Hymn tune
MAROSA
MAROSA is a hymn tune in Common Meter Double (8.6.8.6 D), composed by James Leith Macbeth Bain (died 1925) (1915). 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 12 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 (Music and lyrics source: "The Great Peace" 1915.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to MAROSA, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to MAROSA
Other texts in the same meter
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say — I heard the voice of Jesus say,
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear — It came upon the midnight clear,
- O Little Town of Bethlehem — O little town of Bethlehem!
- The Son of God goes forth to war — The Son of God goes forth to war,
- I sing th'almighty power of God — I sing th' almighty pow'r of God,
- Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above — Come, let us join our friends above,
- The Half Has Never Yet Been Told — I know I love Thee better, Lord,
- The Shadows of the Evening Hours — The shadows of the evening hours
- Thine Arm, O Lord, in Days of Old — Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old,
- Thy Word Is Like a Garden, Lord — Thy Word is like a garden, Lord,
- I've Found the Pearl of Greatest Price! — I've found the pearl of greatest price!
- The roseate hues of early dawn — The roseate hues of early dawn,