Song facts
- Original key
- D major
- Type
- Hymn
- Music
- Phoebe Palmer Knapp (died 1908)
- Original lyrics
- Fanny J. Crosby (died 1915)
- First published
- 1873
Public-domain songs · Hymn instrumental
Blessed Assurance
Play the Blessed Assurance instrumental in the original key of D major, or from 3 semitones lower to 2 higher. Made by MR Maker from a public-domain score.
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Backing track by key
The original key is D major. If it sits too high or too low for your voice, try the shifted versions and pick the one you can sing comfortably.
3 semitones lower (B major)
2 semitones lower (C major)
Original key (D major)
2 semitones higher (E major)
About this song
In 1873 Phoebe Palmer Knapp played a newly composed melody for Fanny Crosby on the piano, because the large pipe organ being installed in her home was not yet working. When Knapp asked what the tune seemed to say, Crosby answered with the phrase that became the title. The song was printed that year, in the July Guide to Holiness and in John R. Sweney's Gems of Praise. Knapp's tune, ASSURANCE, sways in 9/8 and is usually printed in D major.
Rights
The melody is in the public domain (first published 1873). MR Maker made this accompaniment from a public-domain score. It contains no lyrics, translations or third-party recordings.
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