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HAMBURG

Composer: Lowell Mason (1824)
Published in 107 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Sibelius
Audio files: MIDI

Piano/Organ
	The Artistry of Dale Wood

Instrumental
	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Choral
	Palms, Passion and Alleluias

Composer: Lowell Mason

Dr. Lowell Mason (the degree was conferred by the University of New York) is justly called the father of American church music; and by his labors were founded the germinating principles of national musical intelligence and knowledge, which afforded a soil upon which all higher musical culture has been founded. To him we owe some of our best ideas in religious church music, elementary musical education, music in the schools, the popularization of classical chorus singing, and the art of teaching music upon the Inductive or Pestalozzian plan. More than that, we owe him no small share of the respect which the profession of music enjoys at the present time as contrasted with the contempt in which it was held a century or more ago. In fact, the… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Composer:	Lowell Mason (1824)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Incipit:	11232 34323 33343
Key:	C Major
Source:	Gregorian Chant
Article:	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross by Sue Mitchell-Wallace (from "The Hymn")

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Texts

When I survey the wondrous cross

When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
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Alternative Tunes

More tunes with meter 8.8.8.8 ^ top

Notes

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) composed HAMBURG (named after the German city) in 1824. The tune was published in the 1825 edition of Mason's Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Mason indicated that the tune was based on a chant in the first Gregorian tone.

HAMBURG is a very simple tune with only five tones; its simplicity allows us to focus entirely on the text. Sing stanzas 1-3 in harmony and stanza 4 in unison. Try singing one of the middle stanzas unaccompanied. Although some prefer larger organ accompaniment on stanza 4, Watts' profound text can also suggest a quieter and humble treatment.

The suggested alternate tune ROCKINGHAM (178) is also closely associated with this text, especially in British and Canadian hymnals.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Arrangements

PowerPoint WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS (Praise! Our Songs and Hymns 224) WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS (United Methodist Hymnal 298) WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS (Celebration Hymnal 324) WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS (Hymnal for Worship & Celebration 185) WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS (Blue Psalter 350) WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS (Trinity Hymnal 252) WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS (Worship & Rejoice 2003 - 261)
Piano/Organ The Artistry of Dale Wood Near the Cross (Holy Week Reflections for Organ) The Cross Before Me (Flexible Piano Medleys for Worship and Communion Services) More Piano/Organ >
Choral Palms, Passion and Alleluias Power of the Cross WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS More Choral >
Instrumental When I Survey the Wondrous Cross WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS The Cross (A Hymn Medley for Orchestra) More Instrumental >
Handbells Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol. 1 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) Hymns for the Church Year (Distinctive hymn settings for 2 or 3 octaves Handbells and optional Handchimes) Through Darkness to Light (Reproducible Hymn Settings for Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost) More Handbells >

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #144

Text: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #111

Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
Four-part harmony, full-score, Alternate arrangement, from L (PDF, NWC)

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #384

Text: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)

Timeless Truths #414

Text: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

When_I_Survey_the_Wondrous_Cross.sib (SIB, Scorch)

The United Methodist Hymnal #298

Text: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)

Worship and Rejoice #261

Text: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)

MIDI file from Baptist Hymnal 1991 #144
MIDI file from Baptist Hymnal 1991 #144
MIDI file from Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #111
MIDI file from Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #111
MIDI file from Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #111
MIDI file from Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #384
MIDI file from Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #384
MIDI file from The United Methodist Hymnal #298
MIDI file from Worship and Rejoice #261

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Page Scans

Celebrating Grace Hymnal (2010), p.177

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Instances

Instances (34)	First Line	Text Title	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Title	Tune Key	Incipit	Languages	Publication Date
African American Heritage Hymnal #243	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	8.8.8.8	Galatians 6:14	HAMBURG	F Major			2001
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #144	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Galatians 6:14	HAMBURG	F Major			1991
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #374	Your supper, Lord, before us spread	Your Supper, Lord, Before Us Spread	Joseph F. Green	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Luke 22:19	HAMBURG	G Major			1991
Baptist Hymnal 2008 #234	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason; Fred Mallory	8.8.8.8		HAMBURG	F Major or modal		English	2008
Baptist Hymnal 2008 #409	Your supper, Lord, before us spread	Your Supper, Lord, Before Us Spread	Joseph F. Green	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8		HAMBURG	E Flat Major		English	2008
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #186	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Galatians 6:14; Galatians 6:14	HAMBURG	F Major or modal			2010
Celebration Hymnal #324	When I survey the wondrous cross, On which the Prince of glory died,	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross					HAMBURG	F Major			1997
Chalice Hymnal #195	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8		HAMBURG	F Major or modal		English	1995
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #111				Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8		HAMBURG		112323432333343		2007
Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #125	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	8.8.8.8		HAMBURG	F Major or modal			1993
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #308	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	I. Watts, 1674-1748	L. Mason, 1792-1872	8.8.8.8		HAMBURG	F Major or modal		English	1996
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #803	When I survey the wondrous cross		Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	8.8.8.8		HAMBURG	F Major or Modal			2006
Hinário para o Culto Cristão #127	Ao contemplar a rude cruz	Ao Contemplar a Rude Cruz	Werner Kaschel; Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason			HAMBURG	F Major		English; Portuguese	1991
Hymns of Faith #158	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason		Romans 12:1; Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:7	[When I survey the wondrous cross]	F Major or modal			1980
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #175	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Matthew 27:29; Romans 12:1; Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:7-8	HAMBURG	D Major			2013
Lutheran Service Book #425	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	8.8.8.8	Philippians 3:8; Galatians 6:14	HAMBURG	F Major or modal		English	2006
Presbyterian Hymnal #101	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	John 19:32-34; 1 Corinthians 2:2; Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:7-8	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1990
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #384	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Matthew 27:29; Mark 15:17-18; Galatians 6:14; Matthew 27; Philippians 3:10; Galatians 6	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1987
Rejoice in the Lord #293	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Galatians 6:14	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1985
Renew! #236	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Donald P. Hustad; Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8		HAMBURG	F Major		English	1995
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #154	When I survey the wondrous cross						HAMBURG				1985
Sing Joyfully #253	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason			[When I survey the wondrous cross]	F Major		English	1989
Songs for Life #166	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:7-8	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1995
Songs for Suffering Saints: Thirty-two original hymns set to existing tunes #3	O Yahweh, from the depths I cry!		Eric Schumacher				Hamburg				2004
The Christian Life Hymnal #171	When I survey the wondrous cross						Hamburg				2006
The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #185	When I Survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Robert F. Douglas; Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	John 19:37	HAMBURG	F Major or modal			1986
The New Century Hymnal #224	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Philippians 3:7-8; Galatians 6:14	HAMBURG	F Major or modal			1995
The United Methodist Hymnal #298	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Galatians 6:14	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1989
The Worshiping Church #213	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason; Donald P. Hustad	8.8.8.8	Matthew 27; Philippians 3:10; Romans 12:1; Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:7-8; Psalm 34:2; Galatians 6	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1990
Trinity Hymnal #252	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Galatians 6:14	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1990
Trinity Hymnal #427	Amidst us our Beloved stands	Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands	Charles H. Spurgeon	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	John 20:26-27	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1990
Trinity Hymnal #485	O thou that hear'st when sinners cry	O Thou That Hear'st When Sinners Cry	Isaac Watts	Lowell Mason	8.8.8.8	Psalm 51	HAMBURG	F Major		English	1990
Worship and Rejoice #261	When I survey the wondrous cross	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	8.8.8.8	Romans 12:1; Matthew 27:54; John 19:25; Psalm 34:2; John 3:16; Luke 23:47-49; Galatians 6:14; Mark 15:38-39	HAMBURG	F Major or modal			2001
Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal #112	When I survey the wondrous cross						Hamburg				1996