PRAYER (Butcher)

Composer: T. J. Cook

19th Century We have lit­tle da­ta on Cook, ex­cept that he was a teach­er. He ev­i­dent­ly lived in the New York Ci­ty area in the 1860s. His works in­clude: The Ol­ive Branch, with The­o­dore Per­kins (New York: F. J. Hunt­ing­ton, 1860) The Ev­er­green, with The­o­dore Per­kins (New York: F. J. Hunt­ing­ton, 1862) Music: BEAUTIFUL ZION JESUS, GUIDE OUR WAY LITTLE CHILDREN, COME TO JESUS WHAT HAVE I DONE FOR THEE? --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

Composer: William U. Butcher

He died on January 21, 1910 and is buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: PRAYER (Butcher)
Composer: William U. Butcher (1860)
Composer: T. J. Cook
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 55356 61765 55515
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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William U. Butcher (U.S.A., nineteenth century) composed PRAYER in 1860. Except for the fact that he had some association with the Oliver Ditson Music Company, no information is available about Butcher.

This simple but serviceable tune has an elementary harmonization that invites singing in harmony. To emphasize the theme, sing the final stanza in unison both at the beginning and the end as a frame with an alternate organ setting. Sing all other stanzas in parts. Maintain one broad pulse per bar.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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    Composer/Editor Gary Vander Ploeg
    Published By: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2012) pp. 12
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