Performance Insights COME, YE THANKFUL PEOPLE, COME (CLICK THE TITLE TO VIEW AND HEAR ONLINE) IN THE UNITED STATES, THIS IS A GREAT HARVEST HYMN IS TRADITIONALLY SUNG DURING THANKSGIVING. HENRY ALFORD WROTE THE HYMN-TEXT TO THIS POPULAR WORK. HE WAS EDUCATED AT TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, TOOK HOLY ORDERS IN 1833, WAS VICAR OF WYMESWOLD, LEICESTERSHIRE FOR 18 YEARS, AND WAS DEAN OF CANTERBURY IN 1857. THE HYMN-TUNE WAS ORIGINALLY COMPOSED BY SIR GEORGE J. ELVEY (1816-1893) AND PUBLISHED IN THORNE'S A SELECTION OF PSALM AND HYMN TUNES (1858) FOR THE HYMN, HARK, THE SONG OF JUBILEE. ELVEY'S TUNE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SET TO ALFORD'S WORDS IN HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN (1861). ELVEY WAS THE ORGANIST OF ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR FROM 1835 TO 1882 HENCE THE NAME OF THE TUNE; ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR.     Text: Henry Alford, (1844) Music: George J. Elvey (1858) Arranger: Irvin Cooper Voicing: Three-part Variable with Piano Cambiata Press Catalog #I978106 This work is available in E-Print. Please remember the copyright law. It is illegal to purchase a single oactavo, then photocopy it. Order hard-copy scores from your favorite music distributor, J.S.Pepper, Inc. or directly from Cambatia Press.