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THE MORNING TRUMPET

Composer: B. F. White

Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper. Bert Polman Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: THE MORNING TRUMPET
Composer: B. F. White
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Incipit: 12323 43213 43454
Key: e minor or modal
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trombone Counter-melody

  • 61 Trombone Hymns & Counter-Melodies Volume 3
    Composer/Editor Douglas Smith
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1996) pp. 44-45

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trumpet Descant

  • 61 Trumpet Hymns & Descants Volume 3
    Composer/Editor Douglas Smith
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1995) pp. 44-45

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Library Volume 56
    Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2014) pp. 26
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 77 Number 1 September October 2013: The Service Music Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Douglas E. Wagner; Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2013) pp. 26
  • The Essential Collection for the Church Organist: 55 Timeless Favorites & Contemporary Classics
    Composer/Editors Jane Holstein; Donald P. Hustad
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2008) pp. 124
  • The Organist Volume 108 Number 1 March April 2004: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2004) pp. 9
  • Early American Folk Hymns for Organ: A Collected Edition
    Composer/Editor Donald P. Hustad
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1996) pp. 27
  • Five Preludes on American Folk Hymns: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Harold Stover
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1978) pp. 5
  • Consoliere Volume 2 Number 5 September October 1971: Practical and Distinctive Pieces for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editor Sam Batt Owens
    Published By: World Library Publications, Inc. (1971) pp. 4

Piano Solo

  • Sacred Concert Stylings: For Solo Piano
    Composer/Editor Betty Sue Shepherd
    Published By: Carl Fischer, LLC (2003) pp. 10
  • Brighten the Corner
    Composer/Editor Rebecca Bonam
    Published By: SoundForth (1998) pp. 36

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Morning Trumpet: Sacred Harp Duets for Piano and Organ
    Composer/Editors Mary Ellen Kerrick; Anna Laura Page
    Published By: Broadman Press (1981) pp. 14

Piano Duet+: Piano Duet One Piano

  • Folk Hymns for Four Hands: Captivating Melodies from Around the World
    Composer/Editor Larry Shackley
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2022) pp. 40

Piano Duet+: Piano Duet Two Pianos

  • Give Me Jesus: Seven Inspirational Favorites for Two Pianos
    Composer/Editor Marilyn L. Thompson
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1997) pp. 34
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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

For the Living of These Days #17

For the Living of These Days #17

Gather (3rd ed.) #864

Gather (3rd ed.) #864

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #755

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #755

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #958

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #958
Text

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #448

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #448

The Sacred Harp #85

The Sacred Harp #85

The Sacred Harp #85

The Sacred Harp #85
TextAudioPage Scan

The Worshiping Church #278

The Worshiping Church #278
Include 6 pre-1979 instances
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