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DUNFERMLINE

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 136 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: David Evans, 1874-1948 Tune Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1615 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11234 55336 55455 Used With Text: Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing
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NATIVITY

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 138 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Lahee Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 33355 11321 66217 Used With Text: Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing
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WALDECK

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Heinrich Knecht, 1750-1817 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 51116 54356 66217 Used With Text: Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing

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Psalm 149: Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing

Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #P183 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing Lyrics: 1Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing a new song, and his praise In the assembly of his saints in sweet psalms do ye raise. 2Let Isr’el in his Maker joy, and to him praises sing: Let all that Sion’s children are be joyful in their King. 3O let them unto his great name give praises in the dance; Let them with timbrel and with harp in songs his praise advance. 4For God doth pleasure take in those that his own people be; And he with his salvation the meek will beautify. 5And in his glory excellent let all his saints rejoice: Let them to him upon their beds aloud lift up their voice. 6Let in their mouth aloft be rais’d the high praise of the Lord, And let them have in their right hand a sharp two-edged sword; 7To execute the vengeance due upon the heathen all, And make deserved punishment upon the people fall. 8And ev’n with chains, as pris’ners, bind their kings that them command; Yea, and with iron fetters strong, the nobles of their land. 9On them the judgment to perform found written in his word: This honour is to all his saints. O do ye praise the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 149 Languages: English
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Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing

Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P149a (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing a new song, and his praise in the assembly of his saints in sweet psalms do ye raise. 2 Let Israel in his Maker joy, and to him praises sing: let all that Zion’s children are be joyful in their King. 3 O let them unto his great name give praises in the dance; let them with timbrel and with harp in songs his praise advance. 4 For God doth pleasure take in those that his own people be; and he with his salvation sure the meek will beautify. 5 And in his glory excellent let all his saints rejoice: let them to him upon their beds aloud lift up their voice. 6 Let in their mouth aloft be raised the high praise of the Lord, and let them have in their right hand a sharp two-edged sword; 7 To execute the vengeance due upon the heathen all, and make deserved punishment upon the people fall. 8 With chains as prisOners to bind their kings that them command; yea, and with iron fetters strong, the nobles of their land. 9 On them the judgment to perform found written in his word: an honour this to all his saints. O do ye praise the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 149 Languages: English Tune Title: DUNFERMLINE
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Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing

Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P149b (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing a new song, and his praise in the assembly of his saints in sweet psalms do ye raise. 2 Let Israel in his Maker joy, and to him praises sing: let all that Zion’s children are be joyful in their King. 3 O let them unto his great name give praises in the dance; let them with timbrel and with harp in songs his praise advance. 4 For God doth pleasure take in those that his own people be; and he with his salvation sure the meek will beautify. 5 And in his glory excellent let all his saints rejoice: let them to him upon their beds aloud lift up their voice. 6 Let in their mouth aloft be raised the high praise of the Lord, and let them have in their right hand a sharp two-edged sword; 7 To execute the vengeance due upon the heathen all, and make deserved punishment upon the people fall. 8 With chains as prisOners to bind their kings that them command; yea, and with iron fetters strong, the nobles of their land. 9 On them the judgment to perform found written in his word: an honour this to all his saints. O do ye praise the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 149 Languages: English Tune Title: WALDECK

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David Evans

1874 - 1948 Person Name: David Evans, 1874-1948 Harmonizer of "DUNFERMLINE" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook David Evans (b. Resolven, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1874; d. Rosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, 1948) was an important leader in Welsh church music. Educated at Arnold College, Swansea, and at University College, Cardiff, he received a doctorate in music from Oxford University. His longest professional post was as professor of music at University College in Cardiff (1903-1939), where he organized a large music department. He was also a well-known and respected judge at Welsh hymn-singing festivals and a composer of many orchestral and choral works, anthems, service music, and hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Justin Heinrich Knecht

1752 - 1817 Person Name: Johann Heinrich Knecht, 1750-1817 Composer of "WALDECK" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Justin Heinrich Knecht Germany 1752-1817. Born at Biberach Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, he attended a Lutheran college in Esslingen am Neckar from 1768-1771. Having learned the organ, keyboard, violin and oratory, he became a Lutheran preceptor (professor of literature) and music director in Biberach. It was a free imperial city until 1803 and had a rich cultural life. He became organist of St. Martin’s Church in 1792, used by both Lutherans and Catholics, and was there for many years. He led an energetic, busy musical life, composing for both the theatre and church, organizing subscription concerts, teaching music theory, acoustics, aesthetics, composition, and instruments at the Gymnasium, affiliated to the Musikschule in 1806. He went to Stuttgart in 1806 in hopes of a post there as Kapellmeister, serving two years as Konzertmeister, but he was appointed Direktor Beim Orchester by the King of Wurttemberg in 1807. However, he returned to his former life in 1808 and remained there the rest of his life. He died at Biberach. He wrote 10 vocals, 11 opera and stage works, one symphony, 3 chamber music instrumentals, 7 organ works, 4 piano works, and 6 music theories. He was an author composer, editor, contributor, musician, compiler, and lyricist. John Perry

Henry Lahee

1826 - 1912 Composer of "NATIVITY" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Born: April 11, 1826, Chelsea, London, England. Died: April 29, 1912, London, England. Lahee studied under John Goss and William Sterndale Bennett. He played the organ at several churches, including Holy Trinity Church, Brompton (1847-74). He won prizes for his compositions in Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, and London, and set to music poems by Edgar Allen Poe ("The Bells"), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ("Building of the Ship") and Alfred Tennyson ("Sleeping Beauty"). His works include: Metrical Psalter, with William Irons, 1855 Famous Singers of Today and Yesterday, 1898 One Hundred Hymn Tunes Sources: Frost, p. 680 CS Concordance, pp. 246-47 Nutter, p. 460 --www.hymntime.com/tch