HALLELUJAH, WE SHALL RISE

HALLELUJAH, WE SHALL RISE

Composer: J. E. Thomas
Published in 30 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: J. E. Thomas

J. Edmond Thomas Born: De­cem­ber 6, 1860, Cal­houn Coun­ty, Ar­kan­sas. Died: Ap­ril 30, 1946, Fort Worth, Tex­as. Buried: Green­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Fort Worth, Texas. Note: Some sourc­es give his first name as John; his tomb­stone says James. Thomas was the hus­band of Court­ney Lee Wig­ley and Pearl Hat­chett (mar­ried 1923) In 1874, his fa­mi­ly moved from their farm in Tex­as to Ar­kan­sas. His fa­ther died lat­er that year. As the old­est son, he had his hands full sup­port­ing the fa­mi­ly, but he ma­naged to be­gin at­tend­ing a vo­cal school at age 17, un­der Pro­fes­sor T. A. Bridg­es. He lat­er stu­died un­der Ho­ra­tio Pal­mer and George A. Good­rich. He be­gan a full time mu­… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: HALLELUJAH, WE SHALL RISE
Composer: J. E. Thomas
Meter: 8.7.6.8.7.6 with refrain
Incipit: 56111 21656 12165
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Piano Solo

  • Just Hooked by Gospel: Keyboard Folio
    Composer/Editors Don Wyrtzen; Carol McMillen
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 15

Voices: Vocal Solo

  • Hymns: 150 Beloved Hymns Piano / Vocal /Guitar
    Published By: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (2008) pp. 98

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #690
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #2124
Text: Hallelujah, We Shall Rise
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #690

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #38

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #817

Page Scan

Rejoice Hymns #625

Audio

Small Church Music #2814

Page Scan

Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #38

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2124

Include 23 pre-1979 instances
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