Tune: MISERICORDIA (Smart)

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MISERICORDIA (Smart)

Composer: Henry Thomas Smart (1875)
Published in 37 hymnals

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Composer: Henry Thomas Smart

Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	MISERICORDIA (Smart)
Composer:	Henry Thomas Smart (1875)
Meter:	8.8.8.6
Incipit:	32143 66557 12314
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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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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Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 168
Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 168
The Organist's Great Big Lent & Easter Book: A Feast of Music for the Greatest Season of the Year
Composer/Editor Andrew Moore
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 144
Restrained Last Verses: Varied Accompaniments for Popular Hymns
Composer/Editor Andrew Moore
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2003) pp. 84
The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 86
More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 115

Organ Solo

The Organist's Great Big Lent & Easter Book: A Feast of Music for the Greatest Season of the Year
Composer/Editor Andrew Moore
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 142
The Organist's Companion from Lent to Easter: Over 50 Seasonal Pieces for Organ
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 34