Eternal Father, Strong to Save (Melita) is currently unavailable

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String Ensemble,String Trio Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.697716 Composed by John Bacchus Dykes. Arranged by Sandy McIntire. Contemporary,Instructional,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Score and parts. 11 pages. Sandy McIntire #6501335. Published by Sandy McIntire (A0.697716). Eternal Father, Strong to Save is the name of the poem set to the music of John Bacchus Dykes called Melita after the island of Malta where Paul was shipwrecked. The lyrics (not included here) and the music have strong associations with sailors and seafarers, particularly the navies of the United States and Great Britain and is also known as the Hymn of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, the Royal Navy Hymn, and the United States Navy Hymn. Often played at funerals and memorial services, it was included in funerals of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and  John F. Kennedy. This Intermediate arrangement is for string trio (violin 1 and 2 and cello). Separate sheets for each instrument are included. The violin 2 part is also suitable for the viola. Other string ensemble arrangements by McIntire available at sheetmusicplus are Ebenezer, What Wondrous Love is This, and Ode to Joy by Beethoven.An MP3 audio version of this arrangement is also available at sheetmusicplus. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).