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What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Price range: $6.00 through $11.00

Serena O’Meara’s arrangement of Charles Converse’s famous hymn, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” is for two lever or pedal harps. The melody is shared equally between parts of equal difficulty, and only Harp 2 has lever changes (a single F# in each verse). Scroll down for notes from the arranger.

This piece is available as a PDF download in the following combinations:

Complete Set: $11.00
(Includes score and parts in one file.)
Harp 1 only: $6.00
Harp 2 only: $6.00

Length: score and parts file is 12 pgs.; parts are 4 pgs.

Duration: 3:33

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Notes from the arranger

Eventually to become one of the most popular hymns of all times, the poem “What A Friend We Have in Jesus” was written by Joseph Scriven in 1855. He sent it from Canada to his Mother in Ireland. In 1868 Charles Converse, an American attorney and composer of hymns, came across Scriven’s poem and set the words to music, publishing it in a hymnal.

Additional information

Artist	O'Meara, Serena
Composer	Converse, Charles
Genre	Sacred
Harp Type	Lever Harp
Instrumentation	2 harps
Level	Intermediate
Occasion	Church
Nationality	North American