Hymn tune

ST. CATHERINE

ST. CATHERINE is a hymn tune in 8.8.8.8.8.8, composed by Henri F. Hemy (1818–1888). 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 24 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 Evangelical Hymnal, 1921 Hymn 408.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to ST. CATHERINE, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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Hymns sung to ST. CATHERINE

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