This Joyful Eastertide

Author: Fred Pratt Green

The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns o… Go to person page >

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First Line:	This Joyful Eastertide, What need is there for grieving
Title:	This Joyful Eastertide
Author:	Fred Pratt Green
Refrain First Line:	Come, share our Easter joy
Copyright:	© Oxford University Press

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Tune

VRUECHTEN

The tune VRUECHTEN was published in 1624 in of Dirk Rafaelsz. Camphuysen's Stigtelijke Rijmen with the text "De liefde voortgebracht" which is a rendering of 1 Corinthians 13. It was later published in Joachim Oudaen's David' s Psalmen (1685) as a setting for "Hoe groot de vruchten zijn." The tune i…

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Piano/Organ Three for Easter Seasons of Praise (Artistic Hymn-Based Medleys for Solo Ringing and Piano) This Joyful Eastertide - (Variants and Processional) More Piano/Organ...
Choral OUR HEARTS REJOICE THIS DAY More Choral...
Instrumental This Joyful Eastertide This Joyful Eastertide Alleluia, Christ Is Risen! More Instrumental...
Handbells THIS JOYFUL EASTERTIDE Let Joyful Alleluias Ring! Easter Fanfares More Handbells...