{"slug": "st-thomas", "name": "ST. THOMAS", "meter_label": "S.M.", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "composer": "aaron-williams", "composer_date": "1762", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "g", "mode": "major"}, "preferred_harmonization": "st-thomas-oh44", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "ST. THOMAS (S.M.), Aaron Williams, 1762 \u2014 first published in Williams's The Universal Psalmodist (1763; the four-phrase S.M. extract widely dated 1762, carried in his New Universal Psalmodist, 1770). Corpus encoding from Open Hymnal X:44 ('The Advent of Our God'), whose C-line credits \"Music: 'St. Thomas' Aaron Williams, 1770\" from The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged (Episcopal), 1905, Hymn 485 \u2014 all components pre-1931. Identity verified 2026-08-13: the corpus soprano matches the Hymnary.org authority st_thomas_williams incipit 51132123454343253125 in all 20 digits (S.M., Aaron Williams, 1762, Public Domain, 1281 instances). NOTE: this tune carried meter C.M. [8,6,8,6] and composer_date 1905 from 2026-07 until 2026-08-13 \u2014 bulk-import artifacts (the meter from the C.M. psalm texts paired onto it via note_splits, the date from the OH setting line); the C.M. pairings remain, marked meter_checked on their settings \u2014 and since 2026-11-08 they carry the underlay that makes them fit: note_splits [2, 3] (the second and third soprano quarters divided, tools/underlay_setting.py) with explicit stanza_lines. Before that the settings had the flag and nothing else, and every verse lost its last word.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"tune_auth": "st_thomas_williams", "total_instances": 1281}}, "harmonization": {"slug": "st-thomas-oh44", "tune": "st-thomas", "music_file": "st-thomas-oh44.ly", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "g", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [15], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "refrain": null, "source_line": "ST. THOMAS, Aaron Williams, 1762; four-part setting from the Open Hymnal Project. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:44; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1905).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "Open Hymnal Project 2014.06, X:44", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% The Advent of Our God\n%% Imported from Open Hymnal ABC X:44 via tools/abc_import.py\n%% Open Hymnal X:44; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1905).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key g \\major \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  d'4 g'4 g'4 b'4 a'8( g'8) a'2. b'8( c''8) d''4 c''8( b'8) c''4 b'4 a'2. d''4 b'4 g'4 a'4 d'4 g'8( a'8) b'8( cis''8) d''4. d''8 e''4 d''8( c''8) b'4 a'4 g'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  b4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'8 cis'8 d'2. g'8 fis'8 g'4 fis'8 g'8 e'8 fis'8 g'4 fis'2. d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 g'4 fis'4. g'8 g'4 g'4 g'4 fis'4 d'2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  g4 g4 b4 d'4 a4 fis2. d'4 d'4 d'4 c'4 d'4 d'2. a4 g4 g4 fis4 a4 b4 g4 a4. b8 c'4 d'8 e'8 d'4 c'4 b2.\n}\nbass = {\n  g,4 b,4 g,4 g4 fis8 e8 d2. g8 a8 b4 a8 g8 a4 g4 d2. fis4 g4 b,4 d4 fis4 g4 e4 d4. g8 c4 b,8 c8 d4 d4 g,2.\n}\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "st-thomas-oh44", "tune": "st-thomas", "music_file": "st-thomas-oh44.ly", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "g", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [15], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "refrain": null, "source_line": "ST. THOMAS, Aaron Williams, 1762; four-part setting from the Open Hymnal Project. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:44; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1905).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "Open Hymnal Project 2014.06, X:44", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% The Advent of Our God\n%% Imported from Open Hymnal ABC X:44 via tools/abc_import.py\n%% Open Hymnal X:44; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1905).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key g \\major \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  d'4 g'4 g'4 b'4 a'8( g'8) a'2. b'8( c''8) d''4 c''8( b'8) c''4 b'4 a'2. d''4 b'4 g'4 a'4 d'4 g'8( a'8) b'8( cis''8) d''4. d''8 e''4 d''8( c''8) b'4 a'4 g'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  b4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'8 cis'8 d'2. g'8 fis'8 g'4 fis'8 g'8 e'8 fis'8 g'4 fis'2. d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 g'4 fis'4. g'8 g'4 g'4 g'4 fis'4 d'2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  g4 g4 b4 d'4 a4 fis2. d'4 d'4 d'4 c'4 d'4 d'2. a4 g4 g4 fis4 a4 b4 g4 a4. b8 c'4 d'8 e'8 d'4 c'4 b2.\n}\nbass = {\n  g,4 b,4 g,4 g4 fis8 e8 d2. g8 a8 b4 a8 g8 a4 g4 d2. fis4 g4 b,4 d4 fis4 g4 e4 d4. g8 c4 b,8 c8 d4 d4 g,2.\n}\n", "preferred": true}, {"slug": "st-thomas-oh44-c-natural", "tune": "st-thomas", "music_file": "st-thomas-oh44-c-natural.ly", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "g", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [15], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "refrain": null, "source_line": "ST. THOMAS, Aaron Williams, 1762; four-part setting from the Open Hymnal Project, soprano bar 6 diatonic. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "EDITORIAL VARIANT of st-thomas-oh44 (owner, 2026-09-15, at the #doreancon 2026 organizers' direction \u2014 their published MusicXML carries the same reading): ONE pitch differs \u2014 the soprano's chromatic passing cis'' in bar 6 (beat 2, second eighth; the raised fourth leaning into the bar's V) is the diatonic c'', so the page in the conference's F major prints B-flat, not B-natural, there. Every other note, slur and rhythm is the source setting's (the alto's cis' in bar 1 included). Kept as a separate harmonization rather than an in-place emendation because the source reading is a legitimate one other collections may prefer; the tune's preferred harmonization stays st-thomas-oh44. PD basis is the source setting's \u2014 a one-note diatonic reading of a public-domain tune adds no protectable originality (the detroit-modern precedent); the diatonic reading is the common modern one, no separate pre-1931 attestation searched. Source: Open Hymnal X:44; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1905).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "st-thomas-oh44 (Open Hymnal Project 2014.06, X:44) with one editorial pitch change, session 2026-09-15", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% The Advent of Our God\n%% Imported from Open Hymnal ABC X:44 via tools/abc_import.py\n%% EDITORIAL VARIANT of st-thomas-oh44 (2026-09-15): the soprano's chromatic\n%% cis'' in bar 6 (beat 2, second eighth) is the diatonic c'' \u2014 every other\n%% note identical. The #doreancon 2026 organizers' reading (the printed\n%% F-major page then has no B-natural in bar 6); the source setting keeps\n%% its C-sharp for collections that prefer it.\n%% Open Hymnal X:44; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1905).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key g \\major \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  d'4 g'4 g'4 b'4 a'8( g'8) a'2. b'8( c''8) d''4 c''8( b'8) c''4 b'4 a'2. d''4 b'4 g'4 a'4 d'4 g'8( a'8) b'8( c''8) d''4. d''8 e''4 d''8( c''8) b'4 a'4 g'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  b4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'8 cis'8 d'2. g'8 fis'8 g'4 fis'8 g'8 e'8 fis'8 g'4 fis'2. d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 d'4 g'4 fis'4. g'8 g'4 g'4 g'4 fis'4 d'2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  g4 g4 b4 d'4 a4 fis2. d'4 d'4 d'4 c'4 d'4 d'2. a4 g4 g4 fis4 a4 b4 g4 a4. b8 c'4 d'8 e'8 d'4 c'4 b2.\n}\nbass = {\n  g,4 b,4 g,4 g4 fis8 e8 d2. g8 a8 b4 a8 g8 a4 g4 d2. fis4 g4 b,4 d4 fis4 g4 e4 d4. g8 c4 b,8 c8 d4 d4 g,2.\n}\n", "preferred": false}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}