[Christ is knocking at my sad heart]

[Christ is knocking at my sad heart]

Composer: H. R. Palmer
Published in 35 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: H. R. Palmer

Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In A… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Christ is knocking at my sad heart]
Composer: H. R. Palmer
Meter: 8.5.9.6.8.8.9.6
Incipit: 33321 55322 12333
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #9708
Text: Shall I Let Him In?
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #9708

Include 34 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us