The melody of this song has an Irish bent on it. Eventually, the song was titled In Christ Alone Stuart initially put the first line, as “My hope is found in Christ alone” but Keith suggested it start with, In Christ alone, then, my hope is found. Keith liked the lyrics but suggested one change to the first line. Stuart then went ahead with the lyrics and sent the lyrics to Keith. The two met and because of that meeting Keith sent Stuart a CD with a melody for Stuart to add some lyrics.Īfter listening to the melody Stuart thought the best would be to compose lyrics on the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. The friend said Keith was good at creating melodies while Stuart was good at lyrics. In this collaboration, the music was by Keith Getty and the original lyrics by Stuart Townend.Īccording to Stuart Townend, both he and Keith Getty were at a conference and a mutual friend suggested they get together. This hymn is the result of a collaboration between Keith Getty of Northern Ireland and Stuart Townend of England in 2001.īoth are hugely popular songwriters of Christian hymns and contemporary worship music. There are surveys that have it on position 1 among popular hymns. In Christ Alone, is probably the most popular Christian hymn now in both the US and the UK.
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