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SAFFRON WALDEN

Composer: Arthur Henry Brown

Born: Ju­ly 24, 1830, Brent­wood, Es­sex, Eng­land. Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 15, 1926, Brent­wood, Es­sex, Eng­land. Almost com­plete­ly self taught, Brown be­gan play­ing the or­gan at the age 10. He was or­gan­ist of the Brent­wood Par­ish Church, Es­sex (1842-53); St. Ed­ward’s, Rom­ford (1853-58); Brent­wood Par­ish Church (1858-88); St. Pe­ter’s Church, South Weald (from 1889); and Sir An­tho­ny Browne’s School (to 1926). A mem­ber of the Lon­don Gre­gor­i­an As­so­ci­a­tion, he helped as­sem­ble the Ser­vice Book for the an­nu­al fes­tiv­al in St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral. He sup­port­ed the Ox­ford Move­ment, and pi­o­neered the res­tor­a­tion of plain­chant and Gre­gor­i­an mu… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: SAFFRON WALDEN
Composer: Arthur Henry Brown (1877)
Meter: 8.8.8.6
Incipit: 32151 16554 32143
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Just as I Am, Without One Plea

Just as I am, without one plea,
but that thy blood was shed for me,
and that thou bidd'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

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His Are the Thousand Sparkling Rills

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymns Amazing: Fifty of the Finest, Like They've Never Sounded Before, Plus a Prelude on Every One!
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2015) pp. 194
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 218
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 218
  • 200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 140
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Christopher Gower
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 173
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 138
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 112
  • After the Last Verse: 200 Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1995) pp. 140
  • Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1994) pp. 74
  • Twenty-Four Interludes Based on Communion Hymn Tunes: For Manuals Only, with Optional Pedal
    Composer/Editor Henry Coleman
    Published By: Oxford Organ Music (1961) pp. 14

Organ Solo

  • 150 Hymn Preludes Book 2 Hymn Tune L - W: Short and Playable Pieces in Keys to Match All Popular Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Richard Lloyd
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2010) pp. 410
  • Preludes on Favorite Hymns for Organ
    Composer/Editor Richard Lloyd
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 58
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 127
  • Preludes on the Great Hymn Tunes of Lent, Holy Week and Easter
    Composer/Editor Martin Setchell
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 36
  • 100 Hymn Preludes for Manuals
    Composer/Editor Martin Setchell
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 138
  • Twenty-Four Interludes Based on Communion Hymn Tunes: For Manuals Only, with Optional Pedal
    Composer/Editor Henry Coleman
    Published By: Oxford Organ Music (1961) pp. 14

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1210
Text: Dear Father-Mother
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 18 of 18)
Text

Ancient and Modern #451a

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #413b

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #553a

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Common Praise #308a

TextPage Scan

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #374b

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #154

Hymns and Psalms #697b

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #440a

TextPage Scan

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #553a

Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #704

Text

Rejoice in the Lord #467

Tune InfoText

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #313

Singing the Faith #556a

Audio

Small Church Music #90

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1210

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #68b

TextPage Scan

The New English Hymnal #294

Text

Together in Song #584a

Include 20 pre-1979 instances
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