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Hi MenchenStimme,

The RCChurch using THAXTED?  Oh my,  maybe your Church is a "closeted" Anglo-Catholic parish, praytell?

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Cheers,

K-Phone 

Well, Kphone; we might be more high-church if we were, LOL!      

We are a Carmelite parish and thus are more high-church than the typical RC parish.  When Pope Benedict gave permission for the Tridentine Mass, we immediately added a traditional Latin high Mass to our regular Sunday schedule.  Thus far it is a success.  This is partly thanks to a large local traditional Catholic family who sings all of the traditional Latin liturgy and were able to provide an instant volunteer choir and continue to do so on a weekly basis.  Can you say "Divine Providence" boys and girls?

Any of the Scandinavian dreck that Augsburg feels compelled to put in the LWB, WOV, or the new one. . . whatever it's called.

SimonS:

soubasse32:

In the meantime, I'll be happy to contribute at least one: REPTON, by Parry.

It is fairly well known in the UK, but hardly known in the US... at least in the churches I've played for.

 

I'm quite seriously gobsmacked by this news. In my circles, this is such a stalwart that people who don't know hymns know this one. It's always sung to "Dear Lord and Father Of Mankind", and it works very well indeed. If it's not well known in the US, it should be!!

 

I like that tune, but I have to admit that I like REST much better, and I like to play it in D-flat. 

Wow, I must say - a change for the better.  We all know what happened to music programs in most Catholic parishes after Vatican II - to quote a famous popular song "The day...the music died".  Gee whiz, it took one and a half generations of barbarous misery to get back to the Tridentine Mass.  It took a musical piano playing Pope (B XVI) to get things rolling again.

Cheers,

K-Phone 

I'd like to nominate Tomter by Bruce Neswick.  This is offered as an alternate for the hymn "In the Cross of Christ I Glory" in The Hymnal 1982.  In the middle of the hymn tune, the key changes abruptly from 1 flat to 3 sharps.  Although there is a common note in the melody on either side of the key change, the shift is abrupt and the hymn is difficult to sing.  I intentionally did not use the word modulation here because there is no real modulation, just a sudden shift in key.

The worst tune for any hymn would be HAPPY DAY, nothing happy about this tune. I'd say this tune ruined the meaningful lyrics.

I really like the tune JERUSALEM by Parry, but it got the worst/un-biblical lyrics.

Eby:

The worst tune for any hymn would be HAPPY DAY, nothing happy about this tune. I'd say this tune ruined the meaningful lyrics.

HAPPY DAY is the tune associated with the hymn "O Happy Day" and was, in fact, first used for that purpose.  These days, however, most people think of "How Dry I Am" when they hear it.  It is fun to watch the congregation when they sing that hymn:  along about the middle of the second verse some people start to realize where else they have heard the tune.

David

I have played that hymn for years and never thought of "How Dry I Am"

 I agree, the tune does not fit the words but it has withstood the test of time.

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Acts 2:38
Psalm 150 (KJV)

'Shine Jesus, Shine' from 'With One Voice' - PUKE!

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Bob Collins
Zion Organ
http://zionorgan.com

Don't get me started...if you want to see my tirade, you can search the archives.

Personally, there are very few hymns that peeve me, only certain ones that get sung over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Certain people, whenever requests for hymns are taken, will always request one out of 5 different songs in the hymnal. Please, there are 600+ hymns in the book, we don't need to sing 5 95% of the time. One other thing: the PCUSA and the ELW hymnals seem to have dislodged some traditional hymns/songs in favor of praise choruses or ethnic foreign-language hymns. Also the PCUSA grinds on me because of the constant changes to text to make the hymns "culturally appropriate." How about educating people so they can get the benefit of hymns, instead of destroying what the church has held dear for years?

One other hymnal that is an absolute PAIN is the Word Hymnal, The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration. There are maybe fifteen hymns, 30 gospel songs, and the rest were all written post-1970.

I am very happy with what we use at church, Majesty Hymns. Unfortunately it is missing all of Luther's hymns besides "A Mighty Fortress" and "Away in a Manger,"  but it is a very good collection of hymns and more traditional gospel songs. majestymusic.org

 

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Philip Fillion
1985 Allen ADC 420 at home
c.1962 Allen Theatre Compact at church-If you know of any classical church organ endangered by progress or the landfill, PLEASE PM me.