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![]() | MY REDEEMERComposer: James McGranahan (1877)Published in 27 hymnals Printable scores: PDF, Sibelius Audio files: MIDI |
James McGranahan was a nineteenth-century American musician and composer, most known for his various hymns. He was born 4 July 1840, in West Fallowfield or Adamsville, Pennsylvania, and died 9 July 1907 in Kinsman, Ohio.
He composed over 25 hymns. For example, in one work he is listed as the composer of three notable songs: "He Will Hide Me" by Mary Elizabeth Servoss, "Revive Thy Work, O Lord" by Albert Midlane, and "Come" by a "Mrs. James Gibson Johnson";and he composed the music for at least 39 of the 79 hymns in a work co-authored with Ira D. Sankey. McGranahan composed most of the tunes for the lyrics of Major Daniel Webster Whittle, including EL NATHAN, the tune associated with Whittle's "I Know Whom I Have Believèd" (written 1883)… Go to person page >| Composer: | James McGranahan (1877) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7 with refrain |
| Incipit: | 51233 32122 57244 |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
I will sing of my Redeemer
and his wondrous love to me;
on the cruel cross he suffered,
from the curse to set me free.
Sing, O sing of my Redeemer!
With his blood he purchased me;
on the cross he sealed my pardon,
paid the debt, and made me free.
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| Instances (12) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Baptist Hymnal 1991 #575 | I will sing of my Redeemer | I Will Sing of My Redeemer | Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer | Philip P. Bliss | James McGranahan | 8.7.8.7 with refrain | Ephesians 1:7 | MY REDEEMER | A Flat Major | 1991 | |||||||
| Baptist Hymnal 2008 #285 | I will sing of my Redeemer | I Will Sing of My Redeemer | Sing, O sing of my Redeemer | Philip P. Bliss | James McGranahan | 8.7.8.7 with refrain | MY REDEEMER | G Major or modal | English | 2008 | |||||||
| Celebrating Grace Hymnal #580 | I will sing of my Redeemer | I Will Sing of My Redeemer | Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer | Philip P. Bliss | James McGranahan | 8.7.8.7 with refrain | MY REDEEMER | A Flat Major | 2010 | ||||||||
| Celebration Hymnal #517 | I will sing of my Redeemer And His wondrous love to me; | I Will Sing of My Redeemer | MY REDEEMER | G Major | 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #465 | James McGranahan | 8.7.8.7 | MY REDEEMER | 5123332122_____ | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Hymns of Faith #296 | I will sing of my Redeemer | My Redeemer | Sing, O sing of my Redeemer | Philip P. Bliss | James McGranahan | 1 Corinthians 15:57; Galatians 2:13; Titus 2:13-14; 1 John 3:14 | [I will sing of my Redeemer] | G Major or modal | 1980 | ||||||||
| Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #568 | I will sing of my Redeemer | I Will Sing of My Redeemer | Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer | Philip P. Bliss | James McGranahan, 1840-1907 | Psalm 89:1; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Ephesians 5:19-20; Titus 2:13-14 | MY REDEEMER | A Flat Major | 2013 | ||||||||
| Revival Hymns and Choruses #121 | I will sing of my Redeemer | My Redeemer | Sing, O sing of my Redeemer | Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876 | James McGranahan, 1840-1907 | [I will sing of my Redeemer] | A Flat Major | English | 1982 | ||||||||
| Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #343 | I will sing of my Redeemer, And His wondrous love to me | Sing, Oh, sing (Oh, sing) of my Redeemer | [I will sing of my Redeemer, And His wondrous love to me] | 1985 | |||||||||||||
| Sing Joyfully #324 | I will sing of my Redeemer | My Redeemer | Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer | Philip P. Bliss | James McGranahan | [I will sing of my Redeemer] | G Major | English | 1989 | ||||||||
| The Covenant Hymnal: a worshipbook #223 | I will sing of my Redeemer | I Will Sing of My Redeemer | Sing, O sing of my Redeemer | Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876 | James McGranahan, 1840-1907; A. Royce Eckhardt, 1937- | 8.7.8.7 with refrain | MY REDEEMER | A Flat Major | 1996 | ||||||||
| Trinity Hymnal #650 | I will sing of my Redeemer | I Will Sing of My Redeemer | Sing, O sing of my Redeemer! | Philip P. Bliss | James McGranahan, 1840-1907 | 8.7.8.7 with refrain | Titus 2:13-14 | MY REDEEMER | G Major | English | 1990 |
