Shall We Gather at the River?
American Christian hymn by Robert Lowry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Shall We Gather at the River?" or simply "At the River" are the popular names for the traditional Christian hymn originally titled "Beautiful River" and subsequently titled "Hanson Place," written by American poet and gospel music composer Robert Lowry (1826–1899). It was written in 1864 and is now in the public domain. The title "Hanson Place" is a reference to the original Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brooklyn, where Lowry, as a Baptist minister, sometimes served. The original building now houses a different denomination.
Shall We Gather at the River? | |
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by Robert Lowry | |
Genre | Hymn |
Written | 1864 |
Based on | Revelation 22:1 |
Meter | 8.7.8.7 with refrain |
Melody | "Hanson Place" |
Published | 1865 |
Publisher | American Tract Society |
The music is in the key of D and uses an 8.7.8.7 R meter. An arrangement was also composed by Charles Ives, and a later arrangement is included in Aaron Copland's Old American Songs (1952) in addition to being used by German composer Anton Plate in 'At The River' (2003), and by American wind band composer David Maslanka in his Symphony No. 9 (2011). The song was sung live at the 1980 funeral of American Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
There have been many recordings of the hymn including those by Patti Page, Burl Ives and Willie Nelson. [1]