Beautiful Savior - SSA with Piano and Flute
This arrangement was specifically requested by my sister as a women's trio. She asked myself and our other sister to sing it with her for Easter one year. Barbara has a beautiful low alto voice which I naturally needed to feature.
Often known as "Fairest Lord Jesus," this ancient and beautiful hymn is set to the tune CRUSADERS’ HYMN or ST. ELIZABETH — a folk melody derived from the central European area of Silesia. Legend says it dates back to the twelfth-century crusades, and the current pairing of text and tune was first published in German in 1842. The best known origin legend states that this hymn was sung by the twelfth century German Crusaders, as they made their long, weary way to the Holy Land. ... They had to keep their faith secret, yet had a strong tradition of hymn singing. The melody of "Fairest Lord Jesus" and the German text were published originally in 1842 by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben and Ernst Richter by the title Schönster Herr Jesu (Most beautiful Lord Jesus). Later, it was translated into English by Joseph Augustus Seiss, a Lutheran Minister in Maryland and Pennsylvania in the late 1800's.
Also available for SSATB and Flute Quartet
Often known as "Fairest Lord Jesus," this ancient and beautiful hymn is set to the tune CRUSADERS’ HYMN or ST. ELIZABETH — a folk melody derived from the central European area of Silesia. Legend says it dates back to the twelfth-century crusades, and the current pairing of text and tune was first published in German in 1842. The best known origin legend states that this hymn was sung by the twelfth century German Crusaders, as they made their long, weary way to the Holy Land. ... They had to keep their faith secret, yet had a strong tradition of hymn singing. The melody of "Fairest Lord Jesus" and the German text were published originally in 1842 by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben and Ernst Richter by the title Schönster Herr Jesu (Most beautiful Lord Jesus). Later, it was translated into English by Joseph Augustus Seiss, a Lutheran Minister in Maryland and Pennsylvania in the late 1800's.
Also available for SSATB and Flute Quartet
