Hymn tune
ST. FLAVIAN
ST. FLAVIAN is a hymn tune in Common Meter (8.6.8.6), credited to 1563 from Day's Psalter (1563). 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.
326 hymns in this library share its meter and can be sung to it.
The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 78.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to ST. FLAVIAN, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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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
- Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove — Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove,