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TOULON

Composer: Louis Bourgeois (1551)
Published in 37 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Sibelius
Audio files: MIDI

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Composer: Louis Bourgeois

Loys "Louis" Bourgeois (c.1510–1560) was a French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He is most famous as one of the main compilers of Calvinist hymn tunes in the middle of the 16th century. One of the most famous melodies in all of Christendom, the Protestant doxology known as the Old 100th, is commonly attributed to him. Next to nothing is known about his early life. His first publication, some secular chansons, dates from 1539 in Lyon. By 1545 he had gone to Geneva (according to civic records) and become a music teacher there. In 1547 he was granted citizenship in Geneva, and in that same year he also published his first four-voice psalms. In 1549 and 1550 he worked on a collections of psalm-tunes, most of which were… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Composer:	Louis Bourgeois (1551)
Meter:	10.10.10.10
Incipit:	12343 21171 34565
Key:	F Major or modal
Source:	Genevan Psalter

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Texts

God of the prophets! Bless the prophets' sons

God of the prophets! Bless the prophets' sons:
Elijah's mantle o'er Elisha cast;
Each age its solemn task may claim but once;
Make each one nobler, stronger than the last!
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I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art

I greet my sure Redeemer and my King.
You are my trust; accept the love I bring.
What pain you suffered, Jesus, for my sake;
I pray you from our hearts all cares to take.
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Alternative Tunes

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Notes

TOULAN was originally an adaptation of the Genevan Psalter melody for Psalm 124 (124). In one melodic variant or another and with squared-off rhythms, the tune was used in English and Scottish psalters for various psalm texts. It was published in the United States in its four-line abridged form (called MONTAGUE) by Lowell Mason (PHH 96) and George Webb (PHH 559) in The National Psalmist (1848). That version, now called TOULON, is named quite arbitrarily after the French city. Sing the outer stanzas in unison and the middle stanzas in harmony. On the fifth stanza add the descant by Emily R. Brink (PHH 158). TOULON is a fine tune for accompaniment by brass quartet. It should be sung and played with power and dignity.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Arrangements

PowerPoint

I GREET THEE WHO MY SURE REDEEMER ART (Presbyterian Hymnal 457)

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More arrangements ^ top

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #756

Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #521

Text: God of the Prophets

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

Worship and Rejoice #77

Text: I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art

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

MIDI file from Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #756
MIDI file from Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #521
MIDI file from Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #521
MIDI file from Worship and Rejoice #77

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Page Scans

Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship (2012), p.728

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Instances

Instances (18)	First Line	Text Title	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Title	Tune Key	Incipit	Languages	Publication Date
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #756				C. Goudimel	10.10.10.10		TOULON		123432117134565		2007
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #501	God of the prophets, bless the prophets' sons	God of the Prophets	D. Wortman, 1835-1922		10.10.10.10		OLD 124TH	F Major		English	1996
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #359	God of the prophets, bless the prophet's heirs		Denis Wortman, 1835-1922; Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944	Charles Winfred Douglas, 1867-1944	10.10.10.10		TOULON	F Major or modal		English	1985
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #586	I greet thee, who my sure Redeemer art	I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art	Elizabeth Lee Smith		10.10.10.10		TOULON	F Major or modal			2013
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #853	God of the prophets, bless the prophets' heirs	God of the Prophets	Carl P. Daw Jr; Denis Wortman		10.10.10.10	2 Kings 2:8-14; Romans 1:1-6; 1 Peter 2:5-9	TOULON	F Major or modal			2013
Lutheran Service Book #637	Draw near and take the body of the Lord	Draw near and Take the Body of the Lord	John Mason Neale, 1818-66		10.10.10.10	1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Psalm 34:8; 1 Corinthians 10:16	OLD 124TH, abbr.	F Major or modal		English	2006
Lutheran Service Book #682	God of the prophets, bless the prophets' sons	God of the Prophets, Bless the Prophets' Sons	Denis Wortman, 1835-1922		10.10.10.10	2 Kings 2:1-15; John 20:21-23; John 17:18; 1 Timothy 4:13-16	OLD 124TH, abbr.	F Major or modal		English	2006
Presbyterian Hymnal #375	Lord of all good, our gifts we bring to You	Lord of All Good	Albert F. Bayly		10.10.10.10	2 Timothy 4:2	TOULON	F Major		English	1990
Presbyterian Hymnal #457	I greet Thee, who my sure Redeemer art	I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art	John Calvin; Elizabeth Lee Smith			John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Colossians 1:27	TOULON	F Major		English	1990
Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship #115C	Not for ourselves, O Lord, not for ourselves	Not for Ourselves, O Lord	Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944		10.10.10.10	Psalm 115	TOULON	F Major or modal			2012
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #521	God of the prophets, bless the prophets' heirs	God of the Prophets	Denis Wortman; Carl P. Daw, Jr.	Emily R. Brink	10.10.10.10	2 Kings 2:8-14; Romans 1:1-6; 1 Peter 2:5; Romans 1:6; 1 Peter 2	TOULON	F Major		English	1987
Rejoice in the Lord #366	I greet thee, who my sure Redeemer art	I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art	Elizabeth L. Smith		10.10.10.10		TOULON	F Major		English	1985
Rejoice in the Lord #429	God of the prophets, bless they prophets' heirs	God of the Prophets	Denis Wortman		10.10.10.10	2 Kings 2:13; Philippians 3:7	TOULON	F Major		English	1985
Singing the New Testament #240	This we proclaim about the Word of life	This We Proclaim About the Word of Life	Christopher L. Webber		10.10.10.10.10	1 John 1:1-7	TOULON	F Major or modal		English	2008
The New Century Hymnal #251	I greet you, sure Redeemer, with my heart	I Greet You, Sure Redeemer	Elizabeth L. Smith		10.10.10.10	John 11:25-27	TOULON	F Major or modal			1995
The New Century Hymnal #358	God of the prophets, bless the prophet's heirs	God of the Prophets	Denis Wortman		10.10.10.10	Romans 1:1-6; 2 Kings 2:9; 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Exodus 28:1-3	TOULON	F Major or modal			1995
Trinity Hymnal #168	I greet thee, who my sure Redeemer art	I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art	Elizabeth L. Smith		10.10.10.10	Galatians 1:4	TOULON	F Major		English	1990
Worship and Rejoice #77	I Greet thee, who my sure Redeemer art	I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art	Elizabeth I. Smith, 1817-1898; John Calvin, 1509-1564		10.10.10.10	Psalm 19:14; Matthew 12:20; Job 19:25; Isaiah 42:3; Revelation 19:16; Psalm 124:1; Revelation 17:14; Psalm 103:4; Acts 17:28	TOULON	F Major or modal			2001