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[There's a garden where Jesus is waiting]

[There's a garden where Jesus is waiting]

Composer: James H. Fillmore
Published in 71 hymnals


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Composer: James H. Fillmore

James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music Hous… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [There's a garden where Jesus is waiting]
Composer: James H. Fillmore
Meter: 10.9.10.9.12.9.12.9
Incipit: 34535 61653 12312
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 51 Number 6 August 1988: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; David H. Hegarty
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1988) pp. 29
  • The Organist's Library Volume 6
    Composer/Editor David H. Hegarty
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1988) pp. 29
  • A Treasury of Gospel Favorites for Organ
    Composer/Editors Eugene McCluskey; Roger C. Wilson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1975) pp. 18
  • Hymn Favorites for Organ Book Five
    Composer/Editor Ethel Tench Rogers
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1971) pp. 12
  • Spinet Hymn Transcriptions: Registrated Specifically for Baldwin, Conn, Hammond, and Wurlitzer
    Composer/Editors Ellen Jane Lorenz; Howard Zettervall
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1960) pp. 54
  • Gospel Hymn Voluntaries Number Two: For the Organ Based on Familiar Gospel Hymns
    Composer/Editor Roger C. Wilson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1959) pp. 32
  • Lorenz's Gospel Hymn Voluntaries Number 2 For Organ: Based on Familiar Gospel Hymns
    Composer/Editor Roger C. Wilson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1959) pp. 32
  • Lorenz's Gospel Hymn Voluntaries Number Two: For the Organ Based on Familiar Gospel Hymns
    Composer/Editor Roger C. Wilson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1959) pp. 32
  • Lorenz's Spinet Organist: Registrated Specifically for Baldwin, Conn, Hammond, and Wurlitzer
    Composer/Editor Ellen Jane Lorenz
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1958) pp. 14
  • The Organist Volume 60 Number 3 July 1956: A Bi-monthly Magazine for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Rob Roy Peery; James Henry Fillmore
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1956) pp. 66
  • Sacred Transcriptions for the Organ: Favorite Gospel Song and Hymn Melodies
    Composer/Editor George S. Schuler
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1950) pp. 20

Piano Solo

  • And He Shall Reign Forever: Hymns and Classics for the Church Pianist
    Composer/Editor Carl Seal
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (2006) pp. 20
  • Creative Keyboard's Complete Church Pianist: Hymn Arrangements for Every Occasion
    Composer/Editor Gail Smith
    Published By: Creative Keyboard Publications (2000) pp. 34
  • Gloria's Favorite Keyboard Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Gloria Roe
    Published By: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company (1976) pp. 36
  • Keyboard Favorites Volume Two
    Composer/Editor Gloria Roe
    Published By: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company (1961) pp. 28
  • The Chapel Pianist Book One: Simplified Hymn Transcriptions
    Composer/Editor Eleanor Pankow
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1960) pp. 18
  • Piano Transcriptions Books 1 and 2 Combined: Familiar Hymns and Sacred Songs
    Composer/Editor Wilda Jackson Auld
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1957) pp. 27
  • George Beverly Shea's Album of Sacred Songs: For Voice and Piano with Guitar Chords and Ukulele Diagrams
    Composer/Editor George Beverly Shea
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1955) pp. 14
  • Piano Hymnscriptions: Familiar Hymns and Sacred Songs: Books 1 and 2 Combined
    Composer/Editor Wilda Jackson Auld
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1954) pp. 27
  • Sacred Transcriptions for Piano Book 2
    Composer/Editor Wilda Jackson Auld
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1946) pp. 14
  • Sacred Transcriptions for Piano No. 2
    Composer/Editor Wilda Jackson Auld
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1946) pp. 14
  • Sacred Transcriptions for the Piano Volume 2
    Composer/Editor Wilda Jackson Auld
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1946) pp. 14
  • Sacred Transcriptions for the Piano Volume Two
    Composer/Editor Wilda Jackson Auld
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1946) pp. 14
  • Sacred Classics Book Two: In Hymn Interpretations for the Piano
    Composer/Editor Henrietta Eleanor Fruen
    Published By: Biola Book Room (1941) pp. 16

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Gospel! Gospel! Gospel! Duets for Organ and Piano
    Composer/Editor David H. Hegarty
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1983) pp. 24
  • Gospel Hymn Duets Volume Two: For Organ and Piano
    Composer/Editor David H. Hegarty
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1976) pp. 24
  • Hymn Duos for Organ and Piano Book One: For Organ and Piano
    Composer/Editor Ethel Tench Rogers
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1971) pp. 16

Voices: Vocal Solo

  • George Beverly Shea's Album of Sacred Songs: Favorites of America's Beloved Gospel Singer
    Composer/Editor George Beverly Shea
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1955) pp. 14

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #394
Text: The Beautiful Garden of Prayer
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 15 of 15)
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African American Heritage Hymnal #425

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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #319

Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #384

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Hymns of Faith #99

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Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #670

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #574

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Sacred Selections for the Church #25

Audio

Small Church Music #2713

Songs of Faith and Praise #793

The Christian Life Hymnal #455

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #394

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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #334

TextAudio

Timeless Truths #1003

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Total Praise #430

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Yes, Lord! #308

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