JUST AS I AM (Gaul)

JUST AS I AM (Gaul)

Adapter: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
Published in 2 hymnals


Adapter: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: JUST AS I AM (Gaul)
Adapter: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
Meter: 8.8.8.6 with refrain
Incipit: 33333 36544 43347
Key: D Major
Source: Gaul's The Holy City
Copyright: Adapt. © 2000, GIA Publications, Inc.

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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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #384

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Total Praise #345

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