MARTIN

MARTIN is a hymn tune in 8.6.8.6.6.8.6.6, composed by W. Stillman Martin (1862–1935) (1905). 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.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from Alexander's Gospel Songs, 1908 Hymn 7. Lyrics from the same source). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to MARTIN, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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