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THE GOLDEN HARP

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. P. Reese Tune Key: f minor Incipit: 31171 34553 45354

To play on the golden harp

Appears in 173 hymnals First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, calm my mind Used With Tune: THE GOLDEN HARP

Farewell vain world, I'm going home

Appears in 48 hymnals Used With Tune: THE GOLDEN HARP

Farewell, vain world, I'm going home

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Used With Tune: THE GOLDEN HARP Text Sources: Sacred Harp, 1869

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

To play on the golden harp

Hymnal: Union Harp and History of Songs #69 (1909) First Line: Farewell, vain world, I'm going home Languages: English Tune Title: THE GOLDEN HARP

Farewell, vain world, I'm going home

Hymnal: The Sacred Harp #274a (1991) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Languages: English Tune Title: THE GOLDEN HARP

To play on the golden harp

Hymnal: The Good Old Songs #612 (1914) First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, calm my mind Languages: English Tune Title: THE GOLDEN HARP

1828 - 1900 Person Name: J. P. Rees Composer of "THE GOLDEN HARP" in The Good Old Songs John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia. Antonio Higgins