Tune: MARANATHA (Coelho)

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MARANATHA (Coelho)

Composer: Terrye Coelho (1972)
Published in 39 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Terrye Coelho

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Tune Information

Title:	MARANATHA (Coelho)
Composer:	Terrye Coelho (1972)
Meter:	6.6.4
Incipit:	12217 13344 323
Key:	F Major
Copyright:	© Marantha! Music/Word Music (UK)

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Texts

Father, I Adore You

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Notes

The tune title MARANATHA is an Aramaic expression meaning "Come, O Lord!" or "Our Lord has come." "Maranatha!" became an acclamation in the early church (see 1 Cor. 16:22; Rev. 22:20) and is also part of the name of the Christian music publisher Maranatha! Music, which began as a ministry of Calvary Chapel.

Sing this hymn in three stanzas, or preferably as a three-part round. Use very light registration, just strong enough to provide a steady tempo, and maintain the pulse between stanzas. Guitars are appropriate, with perhaps flute or other melody instruments improvising a descant by playing the alto or tenor part an octave higher.

Because the song is so simple, people can divide into groups to sing it as a round; to avoid the distraction of spoken directions, the song leader can simply gesture to signal when each group should begin. Try singing stanza 1 together; then continue with stanzas 2 and 3 in a round.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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Timeline

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Organ Solo

Unending Praise II: A Fabric of Contemporary Favorites Arranged for Organ
Composer/Editor Tim Doran
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1994) pp. 35
Organ Praise & Worship: Preludes, Offertories, and Postludes
Composer/Editor Fred Bock
Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1982) pp. 11

Piano Solo

Big Red Book of EZ Piano Solos
Composer/Editors Carol McMillen Tornquist; Keith Christopher
Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1998) pp. 83
Keys for Blended Worship: Creative Ideas for Today's Church Pianist Combining Traditional Hymns & Contemporary Praise Songs
Composer/Editors Carol McMillen Tornquist; Kurt Kaiser
Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1998) pp. 38
Piano Praise & Worship: Preludes, Offertories, and Postludes Creative Piano Settings by Fred Bock
Composer/Editor Fred Bock
Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1993) pp. 26
Praise Classics The Best of Our Praise: 20 Praise Classics for Piano
Composer/Editors Carl Seal; Terrye Coelho
Published By: Maranatha! Music (1993) pp. 28
Bock's Best Volume IV: 50 Outstanding Piano Arrangements of Hymns and Gospel Songs
Composer/Editor Fred Bock
Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1991) pp. 138
Kurt Kaiser Piano Solos
Composer/Editor Kurt Kaiser
Published By: The Benson Company, Inc. (1990) pp. 24

Voices: Vocal Solo

Praise Classics The Best of Our Praise: Lord of Love
Composer/Editor George Baldwin
Published By: Maranatha! Music (1993) pp. 51
Amy Grant
Composer/Editor Amy Grant
Published By: Word Music Group, LLC (1980) pp. 55