Percy E. B. Coller (b. Liverpool, England, 1895; d. unknown) composed ST. JOAN and submitted it anonymously for publication in The Hymnal 1940, where it was set to Briggs's text. Coller must have enjoyed the companionship of a saintly wife because he named this tune in her honor. As a boy chorister Coller sang in the Liverpool and Oxford Cathedral choirs, and at the age of fifteen he became suborganist of Liverpool Cathedral. He was educated at Liverpool University and after World War I served as organist and choirmaster of St. Peter Church, Montreal, Canada.

Marked by ascending "rocket" motives and several sequences, ST. JOAN is intended for part singing. The tune requires confident organ accompaniment and a brisk tempo that thrives on one pulse per bar.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook