ST. HILDA (Knecht)

Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht

Justin Heinrich Knecht Germany 1752-1817. Born at Biberach Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, he attended a Lutheran college in Esslingen am Neckar from 1768-1771. Having learned the organ, keyboard, violin and oratory, he became a Lutheran preceptor (professor of literature) and music director in Biberach. It was a free imperial city until 1803 and had a rich cultural life. He became organist of St. Martin’s Church in 1792, used by both Lutherans and Catholics, and was there for many years. He led an energetic, busy musical life, composing for both the theatre and church, organizing subscription concerts, teaching music theory, acoustics, aesthetics, composition, and instruments at the Gymnasium, affiliated to the Musikschule in 1806. He w… Go to person page >

Composer: Edward Husband

Husband, Edward was educated at St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead. Taking Holy Orders in 1866, he was successively Curate of Atherstone and Folkestone; and in 1878 Vicar of St. Michael and All Angels, Folkestone. In 1874 Mr. Husband published The Mission Hymnal, in which appeared his hymns as follows:— 1. Alas! poor world, I loved thee long. Rest in Jesus. 2. And dost Thou ask me, dearest Lord. Christ's Invitation, " Follow Me." 3. I must have Jesus only. Jesus only desired 4. Sweet Blood, dear ransom of our souls. The Blood of Jesus. These hymns are very simple, earnest, and impassioned: and bear a great resemblance to Facer's compositions. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. HILDA (Knecht)
Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht (1799)
Composer: Edward Husband (1871)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Incipit: 11712 22133 23427
Key: E Major/F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

The original form of ST. EDITH (also known as ST. HILDA) was composed in 1793 by Justin Heinrich Knecht for the text “Der neidern Menschhiet Hülle.” It was published in Vollstandige Sammlung … Choralmelodien (1799), edited by Johann Friedrich Christmann and Knecht, who composed ninety-seven of the tunes in the collection.

Knecht (b. Biberach, Germany, 1752; d. Biberach, 1817) mastered the flute, oboe, trumpet, violin, and organ. He taught literature in Biberach and became the town’s music director in 1792, pioneering the use of program notes in his public concerts. After serving as director of the theater orchestra in Stuttgard (1807-1809), he returned to Biberach for the rest of his life. Knecht was a prolific composer of songs for the stage, church music for the organ and choir, and instrumental pieces. He also wrote several theoretical works on music and method books for organ playing.

Edward Husband (b. Hampshire, England, 1843; d. Folkestone, Kent, England 1908) exchanged two lines of the original tune with two lines of his own in 1871 to produce the current setting. Educated at St. Aidan’s College, Birkenhead, Husband was ordained in the Church of England in 1867. He was a pastor in Atherton from 1866 to 1872, after which he served at St. Michael and All Angels’ Church in Folkestone. In 1885 he compiled an Appendix of hymn tunes for the Folkestone church. An organ teacher as well as a pastor, Husband edited The Mission Hymnal (1874) and Supplemental Tunes to Popular Hymns (1882).

The tune title refers to the tenth-century British virgin Edith of Wilton (near Salisbury, Wiltshire), who refused various important positions and instead served the poor. Sing this tune in four broad phrases with rhythmic precision.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • 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. 136
  • 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. 136
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Judith Bailey
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 110
  • 150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
    Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 16
  • Restrained Last Verses: Varied Accompaniments for Popular Hymns
    Composer/Editor Michael Higgins
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2003) pp. 63
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 74
  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 99
  • Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: Volume II
    Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
    Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1986) pp. 136
  • Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: By Fifty American Composers
    Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
    Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 62
  • Free Organ Accompaniments to One Hundred Well-known Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor T. Tertius Noble
    Published By: J. Fischer & Brothers (1946) pp. 65
  • Hymn Tunes with Varied Harmonies Book 8: For Pianoforte or Organ
    Composer/Editor Joseph E. Newell
    Published By: Edwin Ashdown, Limited (London) (1920) pp. 6

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Piano

  • Piano Arrangements of Great Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Don Whitman
    Published By: Standard Publishing Company (1951) pp. 32

Organ Solo

  • 150 Hymn Preludes Book 1 Hymn Tune A - K: Short and Playable Pieces in Keys to Match All Popular Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Norman Warren
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2010) pp. 266
  • Organ Exaltation Revised Edition: Now including extensive hymn background information
    Composer/Editor Rick Parks
    Published By: The FJH Music Company, Inc. (2005) pp. 39
  • The Organist's Library Volume 37
    Composer/Editor Robert W. Thygerson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2005) pp. 27
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 67 Number 6 July August 2004: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Robert W. Thygerson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2004) pp. 27
  • Composer/Editor Christina Becket
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 9
  • A Musical Gift Book 4: 32 Preludes on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Jack C. Goode
    Published By: Darcey Press (2000) pp. 50
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 89
  • A Musical Gift Book 2: 20 Organ Preludes on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Darcey Press (1996) pp. 36
  • For All the Saints: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1993) pp. 46
  • Flexible Meditations for Organ
    Composer/Editor Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1986) pp. 40
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 19 Number 3 January 1985: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; David Paxton
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1985) pp. 72
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 46 Number 4 April 1983: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Stanley E. Saxton
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1983) pp. 50
  • Organ Exaltation: Hymn Arrangements by Rick Parks
    Composer/Editor Rick Parks
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1982) pp. 27
  • Contemporary Organ Settings of Familiar Hymns
    Composer/Editor Sharon Elery Rogers
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1967) pp. 30
  • A Galaxy of Hymn-Tune Preludes for Organ: For the Church Service, Study, or Recital
    Composer/Editor Gordon Young
    Published By: Galaxy Music Corporation (1966) pp. 35
  • The Church-Year Hymn Portfolio: For Organ
    Composer/Editors L. N. Porter; John M. Rasley
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1965) pp. 12
  • Lorenz's Organ Album No. 33: Three-Staff Voluntaries for the Church Organ
    Composer/Editor John M. Rasley
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1961) pp. 6
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 24 Number 4 April 1961: A Bi-Monthly Magazine for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Ellen Jane Lorenz; John M. Rasley
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1961) pp. 6
  • Van Denman Thompson's Hymn Meditations No. 3: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Charlotte L. Koch
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1961) pp. 20
  • Lorenz's Communion Hymn Voluntaries: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Ellen Jane Lorenz
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1953) pp. 22
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 15 Number 3 February 1952: Voluntaries for the Church Organ
    Composer/Editors Ellen Jane Lorenz; Van Denman Thompson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1952) pp. 84
  • Hymn Improvisations Revised: For All Organs
    Composer/Editor Virginia Carrington Thomas
    Published By: Hansen Publications, Inc. (1950) pp. 22
  • Easy Hymn-Improvisations For Hammond Organ: Registered for Pipe and Hammond Organ
    Composer/Editor Virginia Carrington Thomas
    Published By: Ethel Smith Music Corporation (1949) pp. 4
  • Easy Hymn-Improvisations for Hammond organ: With Pipe Organ Registrations
    Composer/Editor Virginia Carrington Thomas
    Published By: Ethel Smith Music Corporation (1949) pp. 4
  • The Amateur Organist No. 6: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Ellen Jane Lorenz
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1948) pp. 59
  • Ashford's Hymn Voluntaries No. 2: A Collection of Organ Voluntaries Based on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Emma Louise Ashford
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1910) pp. 58
  • Ten Offertories on American Hymns: For the Organ
    Composer/Editor Walter Guernsey Reynolds
    Published By: Boston Music Company (1909) pp. 29

Piano Solo

  • The Church Pianist Volume 14 Number 2 November December 1997: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Robert W. Thygerson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1997) pp. 28
  • The Impromptu Pianist
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Mark Weston
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1991) pp. 6
  • Hymn Reflections Level 4: Piano Arrangements of Favorite Hymns
    Composer/Editor Sid Richardson
    Published By: Belwin-Mills Publishing Corporation (1990) pp. 18
  • The Church Pianist Volume 6 Number 3 January February 1990: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Mark Weston
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1990) pp. 26
  • Preludes to Faith Volume 1: Piano Solos
    Composer/Editor Kurt Kaiser
    Published By: Sacred Songs (1964) pp. 12
  • Easy Piano Hymn Pieces: For Church and Sunday School
    Composer/Editors Rob Roy Peery; Ellen Jane Lorenz
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1958) pp. 2
  • Piano Hymn Voluntaries No. 3
    Composer/Editors Rob Roy Peery; Ellen Jane Lorenz
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1953) pp. 35
  • Piano Hymn Voluntaries Volume Number 3
    Composer/Editor Rob Roy Peery
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1953) pp. 35
  • The Sacred Pianist: Themes and Variations
    Composer/Editor William Stickles
    Published By: Charles H. Hansen Music Corporation (1949) pp. 44
  • Sacred Piano Variations
    Composer/Editor William Stickles
    Published By: Charles H. Hansen Music Corporation (1946) pp. 35

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Hymn Duos for Organ and Piano Book One: For Organ and Piano
    Composer/Editor Ethel Tench Rogers
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1971) pp. 26

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