CHRISTMAS AND EASTER INSTRUMENTAL HYMN ACCOMPANIMENTS 

MORNINGSTAR MUSIC PUBLISHERS

FOR USE WITH PRESBYTERIAN HYMNALS - GLORY TO GOD (2013) & HYMNS, PSALMS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS (1990)

and others (e.g. Worship & Rejoice, Hope Publishing)

arr. BRUCE PREUNINGER


     On the MorningStar site, the Christmas and Easter INSTRUMENTAL HYMN ACCOMPANIMENTS are listed by their Tune Name which is the way hymn melodies are known in the world of hymns, hymnals and hymn accompaniments.


     To help you find the familiar Hymn Name  and the corresponding Tune Name which you will find on the MorningStar site, see below. Here also, you will find the hymn number in each of the two Presbyterian hymnals, Glory To God and Hymns, Psalms and Spiritual Songs and the hymnal number they can be found in the hymnal "Worship and Rejoice" (Hope Publishing Co.,Third Edition 2003).


     Remember! On the MorningStar site, the Sheet Music Downloads and the Listening Samples are identified by the Tune Name.


CHRISTMAS


           HYMN NAME                   (TUNE NAME)       Glory To God Hymnal # / Hymns, Psalms and Spiritual Songs Hymnal #


Angels, from the Realms of Glory (Regent Square)    143 / 22     [W&R 189]                          

Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria)   113 / 23     [W&R 188]                                             

As With Gladness Men of Old  (Dix)   150 / 63                                                      

Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)   114 / 24     [W&R 205]                                                                                                                   

Away in a Manger (Mueller)   115 / --                                                                

Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light (Ermuntre dich)   130 / 26     [W&R 202 meas. 4, 8 & 15 beat 3 half note]             

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (Hyfrydol)    82 / --     [W&R 153]                                       

Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor alme siderum)    84 / --                      

Gentle Mary Laid Her Child (Tempus adest floridum)   146 / 27                      

Go, Tell It on the Mountain (Go Tell It)  136 / 29                                                

Good Christian Friends, Rejoice (In Dulci Jubilo)   132 / 28                                

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn) 119 / 31     [W&R 185]                                   

In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)  144 / 36     [W&R 196]                                                     

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W Zlobie Lezy)  128 / --      [W&R 221]                                         

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Carol)  123 / 38     [W&R 191]                                          

Joy to the World (Antioch)   134 / 40     [W&R 179 slight deviation mea. 7]                                                                    

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)   347 / 5     [W&R 232]

Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates  (Truro (20-995-53E)   93 / 8     [W&R 176]

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es Is Ein’ Rose’)   129 / 48     [W&R 190 slight deviation]    

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)   133 / 41     [W&R 182]

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel)   83 / 9

O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)   121 / 44     [W&R 180]

O Lord, How Shall I Meet You (Valet Will Ich Dir Gerben)   104 / 11  

     (see also: EASTER - All Glory, Laud and Honor)

Once in Royal David's City (Irby)   140 / 49

On This Day Earth Shall Ring (Personent Hodie)   141 / --

People, Look East (Besancon)   105 / 12     [W&R 161]    

Prepare the Way, O Zion (Bereden väg för Herran)   106 / 13     [W&R 152]

Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland)   102 / 14     [W&R 168]

Silent Night, Holy Night (Stille Nacht)   122 / 60     [W&R 186]
"Sleepers, Wake!" A Voice Astounds Us (Wachet Auf)   349 / 17

Still, Still, Still (Still, still, still) 124 / 47     [W&R 214]

The First Nowell (The First Nowell)   147 / 56     [W&R 229]

The Snow Lay on the Ground (Venite Adoremus)   116 / 57

'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (Une jeune pucelle)    142 / -- 

Watchman, Tell Us of the Night (Aberystwyth)   97 / 20

What Child Is This (Greensleeves)   145 / 53     [W&R 184]

What Star Is This, With Beams So Bright (Puer nobis nascitur (20-995-43E)   152 / 68

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas)   118 / 59

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Winchester Old)   117 / 58



EASTER


Ah, Holy Jesus (Herzliebster Jesu)   218 / 93

Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed (Martyrdom)   212 / 78

All Glory, Laud and Honor (Valet Will Ich Dir Geben)   196 (Key of Bb) / --     [W&R 265  Low Br WW & String rest verses]

     (see also: CHRISTMAS - O Lord, How Shall I Meet You (Valet Will Ich Dir Gerben) 104 / 11 (Bb) )

An Upper Room Did Our Lord Prepare  (O Waly Waly)   202 / 94     [W&R 275]

As Those of Old Their Firstfruits Brought (Forest Green)   712 / 414

Because You Live, O Christ (Vruechten)    249/105     [W&R 292]

Beneath the Cross of Jesus (St. Christopher)   216 / 92     [W&R 255]

Christ Is Alive (Truro (20-995-22E)   246 / 108

Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna! (Hymn To Joy)   248 / 104     [W&R 293 use MorningStar W Zlobie Lezy]

Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands (Christ Lag In Todesbanden)   237 / 110

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today! (Llanfair)   245 / 113

Come, Holy Spirit, (Ghost,) Our Souls Inspire  (Veni Creator Spiritus)   278 / 125     [W&R 325]

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove (St. Agnes)   279 / 126

Come, O Spirit Dwell Among Us (Ebenezer)   280 / 129

Come, You (Ye) Faithful, Raise the Strain (St. Kevin)   234 (F) / --

Forty Days and Forty Nights (Aus Der Tiefe Rufe Ich (Heinlein)   167 / 77

Go to Dark Gethsemane (Redhead)   220 / 97     [W&R 272]

Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing! (Gelobt Sei Gott)   239 / 111    [W&R 307]

Hail Thee, Festival Day! (Salve Festa Dies)   277 / 120

Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (Ellacombe)   197 / 89

In The Cross of Christ I Glory (Rathbun)   213 / 84     [W&R 264]

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn)   232 / 123

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)   347 / --

Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (St. Flavian)   166 / 81

My Song Is Love Unknown (Love Unknown)   209 / 76

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Passion Chorale)   221 / 98

O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing (O Filii Et Filiae)   235 (see also 255) / 116 (see also 117)

On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry (Winchester New)   96 / 10

On Pentecost They Gathered (Munich)   289 / 128     [W&R 334]

Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! (St. Drostane)   198 / 91   

That Easter Day with Joy was Bright (Puer Nobis Nascitur)    254 (file_20-995-74E)  / 121 (file _20-995-43E)  [WR 299 43E]

The Day of Resurrection! (Lancashire )   233 / 118

The Glory of These Forty Days (Erhalt Uns, Herr)   165 / 87

The Strife Is O'er (Victory)   236 / 119     [W&R 290]

Thine Is the Glory (Judas Maccabaeus)   238 / 122     [W&R 310]

Were You There (Were You There)   228 / 102

What Wondrous Love Is This (Wondrous Love)   215 / --

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Hamburg)   223 / 101     [W&R 261]

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)   224 / 100