Fairest Lord Jesus
Hymn arranged by Fred J Allen
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 6:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Hymn
Publisher: TRN Music Publisher
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Fairest Lord Jesus, also known as Beautiful Savior, is a Christian hymn. According to some accounts, it was called Crusader's Hymn because it was sung by German Crusaders as they made their way to the Holy Land. But William Jensen Reynolds dismisses as "completely erroneous" any association of this hymn with the Crusades. The words may have originated in the Jesuit Order, which came into being after the Crusades. The tune emerges in Franz Liszt's oratorio Legend of Saint Elizabeth -- wherein the tune forms part of the "Crusader's March" -- but no evidence of the tune exists prior to 1842, when the hymn appeared in Schlesische Volkslieder.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Louisiana: III
- Texas: III. Complete
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Selected Movements from "The Danserye" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1551/2020)
- Three English Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
All Wind Works
- Baroque Variations for Flute and Band (as arranger) (2014)
- Blest Be the Tie that Binds (as arranger) (1845/2018)
- Bosnian Folk Songs (1997)
- Chorale Prelude: Abide with Me (1996)
- Fairest Lord Jesus (as arranger) (2011)
- Fantasy on “Barbara Allen” (1993)
- Hand in Hand March (as arranger) (1900)
- He’s Gone Away (as arranger) (2002)
- I Need Thee Ev'ry Hour (as arranger) (1872/)
- Moravian Hymn Dance (1994)
- Selected Movements from "The Danserye" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1551/2020)
- Thanksgiving Hymn (as arranger) (1597/1998)
- They Led My Lord Away (as transcriber) (1990)
- This Christmastide (as arranger) (1984/1988/)
- Three English Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
- Two Folk Songs for Oboe and Band (2019)
- Were You There (1999)
- When the Stars Began to Fall (1992)
Resources
- Fairest Lord Jesus, Wikipedia Accessed 2 June 2021
- Fred J. Allen Music Accessed 21 July 2019
- Perusal score