Hymn tune
ODE TO JOY
ODE TO JOY is a hymn tune in 8.7.8.7 D, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) (1824). 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 32 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 Methodist Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 160.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to ODE TO JOY, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to ODE TO JOY
Other texts in the same meter
- Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing — Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
- Love Divine, All Loves Excelling — Love divine, all love excelling,
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus — What a friend we have in Jesus,
- Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken — Glorious things of thee are spoken,
- Evening Prayer — Savior, breath an evening blessing
- Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens Adore Him — Praise the Lord, ye heav'ns, adore Him;
- Hail, Thou once-despisèd Jesus! — Hail, Thou once despised Jesus!
- Here Am I, Send Me — Hark! the voice of Jesus crying,
- I've Found a Friend — I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend!
- All the Way My Savior Leads Me — All the way my Saviour leads me;
- Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow — Thro the night of doubt and sorrow
- Lord, With Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee — Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee