tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1968117359570339463..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Tune filchingGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-25975433288535318372017-06-16T12:08:56.856-04:002017-06-16T12:08:56.856-04:00I had completely forgotten it was in the new one. ...I had completely forgotten it was in the new one. I read your comment to my kids and we're all laughing hysterically at your assessment of the 1982. Convulsion of mediocrity. Brilliant!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-73979460555609363442017-06-16T10:29:06.188-04:002017-06-16T10:29:06.188-04:00Ha again! It is in the current (1980) hymnal, und...Ha again! It is in the current (1980) hymnal, under #692, though they've mistaken an incidental on the second line that makes the chord progression needlessly more boring. I don't know what the 1980 crew were thinking, but I haven't found a change yet that was an improvement. They took out good tunes, they replaced poignant lyrics with happy-slappy banal ones, and they removed the accompaniment from an astonishing number of hymns, adding the suggestion that they sung in unison instead. WTF. Really. It was as if they had been possessed by a convulsion of mediocrity.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-62453162252432665642017-06-15T09:17:56.494-04:002017-06-15T09:17:56.494-04:00When I went through the 1940 hymnal looking for al...When I went through the 1940 hymnal looking for all the entries under V.-W., I tried #424 along with the rest, but I didn't notice that it had two different tunes under the same number. It's the second tune that's the winner. I had printed one out from the Net by that time, too, but the arrangement wasn't as easy to play, somehow; this is better. Thanks so much! I'm going to see if I can get our choir director interested. How beautiful this would be vocally.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-39748580953126098152017-06-14T16:40:02.459-04:002017-06-14T16:40:02.459-04:00Cool, thanks!
Cool, thanks!<br />Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-72166393477553111552017-06-13T13:29:52.915-04:002017-06-13T13:29:52.915-04:00The 1940 Episcopal Hymnal has the Third Mode Melod...The 1940 Episcopal Hymnal has the Third Mode Melody for hymn #424 (second tune)<br /><br />I heard the voice of Jesus say,<br />"Come unto me and rest;<br />Lay down, thou weary one, lay down<br />Thy head upon my breast."<br />I came to Jesus as I was,<br />Weary, and worn, and sad;<br />I found in him a resting place,<br />And he has made me glad.<br /><br />I heard the voice of Jesus say,<br />"Behold, I freely give<br />The living water, thirsty one,<br />Stoop down and drink and live."<br />I came to Jesus, and I drank<br />Of that life-giving stream;<br />My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,<br />And now I live in him.<br /><br />I heard the voice of Jesus say,<br />"I am this dark world's light;<br />Look unto me; your morn shall rise,<br />And all your day be bright."<br />I looked to Jesus, and I found<br />In him my star, my sun;<br />And in that light of life I'll walk<br />Till traveling days are done.<br /><br />Filching tunes was a fairly common practice before everybody decided that everything has to be novel. In his St. Matthew's Passion, Bach uses a motif that he got from Paul Gerhardt's hymn, O Sacred Head, set to a tune arranged by Johann Cruger, which was originally composed by Hans Leo Hassler. Authors did it, too.<br /><br />Vaughan Williams was a great composer. He reminds me a little of the Pre-Raphaelites. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.com