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Christians, lo, the star appeareth

Author: James A. Blaisdell Appears in 24 hymnals Used With Tune: STUTTGART

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STUTTGART

Appears in 408 hymnals Incipit: 55112 23155 64253 Used With Text: Christians, lo, the star appeareth
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TRUST

Appears in 124 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mendelssohn, 1809-1847 Incipit: 55651 32176 71432 Used With Text: Christians, lo, the star appeareth
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SARDIS

Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 129 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 Tune Sources: Romance for Violin, Opus 40, number 1 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 17123 54323 33654 Used With Text: Christians, Lo, the Star Appeareth

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Christians, Lo, the Star Appeareth

Author: James A. Blaisdell Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #911 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1. Christians, lo, the star appeareth; Lo ’tis yet Messiah’s day; Still with tribute treasure laden Come the wise men on their way. 2. Where a life is spent in service, Walking where the Master trod, There is scattered myrrh most fragrant For the blessèd Christ of God. 3. Whoso bears his brother’s burden, Whoso shares another’s woe, Brings his frankincense to Jesus With the men of long ago. 4. When we soothe earth’s weary children Tending best the least of them, ’Tis the Lord himself we worship, Bringing gold to Bethlehem. 5. Christians, lo, the star appeareth Leading still the ancient way; Christians, onward with your treasure; It is still Messiah’s day. Languages: English Tune Title: SARDIS
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Christians, Lo, the Star Appeareth

Author: James A. Blaisdell Hymnal: Worship and Song. (Rev. ed.) #201 (1921) Tune Title: TRUST

Christians, lo, the star appeareth

Author: James A. Blaisdell Hymnal: Hymns of the Widening Kingdom #d9 (1931) Languages: English

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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Mendelssohn Composer of "TRUST" in Worship and Song. (Rev. ed.) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman

James Arnold Blaisdell

1867 - 1957 Person Name: Rev. James A. Blaisdell Author of "Christians, lo! the star appeareth" in Christian Song James Arnold Blaisdell was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, December 15, 1867. He graduated from Beloit College in 1899 and became a minister, then returned to Beloit College as Chair of the Bible Department and director of the library. In 1910 he became of Pomona College (California). The college grew under his leadership. In 1921 he made the decision to cap enrollment to keep the college small. He soon developed the vision of small liberal arts colleges sharing common facilities. He became head of the Claremont Colleges Consortium in 1927. Dianne Shapiro, from Anderson, Seth. "James Blaisdell-The Visionary". Claremont Conversation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28 (https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024653/http://claremontconversation.org/tcourse/tndy4010/page/James+Blaisdell-The+Visionary) and Find A Grave website (retrieved 11/11/2023)

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Person Name: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 Composer of "SARDIS" in The Cyber Hymnal A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman