Hymn tune
ST. AGNES
ST. AGNES is a hymn tune in Common Meter (8.6.8.6), composed by John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876) (1866). 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 3 hymns, listed below, and 323 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 Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1875, Hymn 69, first tune Lyrics from : Eclectic Review, 1836, p.478-479. All but last two verses found in Museum of foreign literature, science and art, Volumes 29-30, E. Littell, 1836, p.554 or The Penny Protestant operative, 1840, p.95). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to ST. AGNES, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Hymns sung to ST. AGNES
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
- O For a Heart to Praise My God — O for a heart to praise my God,