Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7Appears in 166 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Winfred DouglasTopics: Christ MessiahTune Sources: Plainsong, 12th cent.Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 12343 23213 45653 Used With Text: Of the Father's Love Begotten
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8Appears in 299 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1561); John L. Bell (b. 1949)Topics: Christ Incarnate Promise of the MessiahTune Sources: 34 Pseaulmes de David, Geneva 1551Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 12321 76512 34321 Used With Text: Comfort, comfort now my people
Appears in 30 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Melody GreenTopics: Jesus Christ MessiahTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 33234 32312 34323 Used With Text: There Is a Redeemer
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 320 hymnalsTopics: Christ MessiahTune Sources: T. Este's The Whole Book of Psalms, 1592; alt. 1990Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 13321 44323 55453 Used With Text: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 56 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Clark (1775-1859)Topics: Christ Incarnate Promise of the MessiahTune Sources: A Second Set of Psalm Tunes, c. 1807Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 51715 65435 67 Used With Text: Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeatAppears in 628 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason; George Frederick HandelTopics: Christ MessiahTune Sources: From George Frederick Handel, Siroe, 1728Tune Key: C MajorIncipit: 34517 65123 34555 Used With Text: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Meter: 7.6.7.6 DAppears in 600 hymnalsTopics: Jesus Christ Son of David / MessiahTune Sources: Mainz Song Book, 1833Tune Key: A MajorIncipit: 51765 13455 67122 Used With Text: Hosanna, loud hosanna
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6Appears in 170 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James Smith Anderson (1853-1945)Topics: Christ Incarnate Promise of the MessiahTune Sources: German melody, 16th century or earlierTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 55565 53432 17155 Used With Text: Hail to the Lord's Anointed