Archive for December 26th, 2013

The Wondrous Cross

For an upcoming project of sorts, I wanted to find some hymns in a file format that was easily readable by both people and computers. I found the Open Hymnal website, which provides a lot of hymns in ABC format.

To repay Brian J. Dumont for his services, I encoded When I Survey the Wondrous Cross with three different tunes. I picked that one because I noticed the version he had on his website was the wrong tune. Or rather, a tune unfamiliar to me. So I put together an ABC file with it in the right tune. And our hymnal has it set to two different tunes, so I put together the second ABC file. And, while researching the hymn, I saw that it is commonly set to yet another tune. So I setup that ABC file too. I sent the files to Mr. Dumont, but they are not on the website yet. Until then, here are links to the files:

sheet music of the hymn When I Survey the Wondrous Cross to the tune Hamburg

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Hamburg)

sheet music of the hymn When I Survey the Wondrous Cross to the tune O Waly Waly

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (O Waly Waly)

sheet music of the hymn When I Survey the Wondrous Cross to the tune Duke Street

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Duke Street)

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Galatians 6:14