ALSACE

ALSACE

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (adapt.)
Published in 60 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ALSACE
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (adapt.)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 51233 34325 43237
Key: A♭ Major/F Major
Source: From Beethoven's 2d Symphony
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #625
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
  • Four-part harmony, full score, arr., Judson (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #2611
Text: How Shall I Follow Him I Serve?
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #7545
Text: When Jesus Dwelt in Mortal Clay
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #14118
Text: Viens, Oh! Viens, Seigneur!
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #625

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #27

Audio

Small Church Music #1455

TextPage Scan

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #375

TextPage Scan

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #376

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2611

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #7545

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #14118

Voices Together #513

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