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FISHER (Fisher)

Composer: Albert C. Fisher

Born: March 10, 1886, New Berne, North Carolina. Died: February 6, 1946, Dallas, Texas. Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. Fisher attended Fort Worth University and Polytechnic College, Fort Worth, Texas; Vanderbilt University; Southern Methodist University; and earned his Doctor of Divinity degree at Asbury College, Kentucky. He moved to Fort Worth in 1908, and for a decade served as a general evangelist for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In World War I, he was a military chaplain. After the war, he worked in the East Oklahoma Conference and (beginning in 1944), the North Texas Conference. His works include: Best Revival Songs (Nashville, Tennessee: The Cokesbury Press, 1924) (music editor) © The Cybe… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: FISHER (Fisher)
Composer: Albert C. Fisher (1912)
Meter: 7.7.7.9 with refrain
Incipit: 55176 52175 52765
Key: A♭ Major
Source: World Evangel, by Robert H. Coleman (Dallas, Texas: 1913), alt.
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • The Baptist Hymnal Organ Supplement II
    Composer/Editor Sharron Lyon
    Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1997) pp. 39
  • PedalPoint Volume 11 Number 4 July August September 1992: Church Music and Study Helps for Pianists and Organists
    Composer/Editors Sharron Lyon; Paula Howard
    Published By: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1992) pp. 13

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trumpet Descant

  • The Trumpet of the Lord: A Collection of Trumpet Descants for 100 Well-Known Hymns`
    Composer/Editor H. Matthew Ward
    Published By: Park Bench Publishing (2008) pp. 29
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Media

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #545
Text: Love Is the Theme
  • Bulletin Score (PDF)
  • Full Score (PDF)
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #453
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #4045
Text: Love Is the Theme
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #545

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #545
TextPage Scan

Baptist Hymnal 2008 #106

Baptist Hymnal 2008 #106
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #453

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #453

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #251

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #251
Audio

Small Church Music #1671

Small Church Music #1671

The Christian Life Hymnal #278

The Christian Life Hymnal #278
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4045

The Cyber Hymnal #4045
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