Jonathan Thorne Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Hi Folks - I've played one of the most tuneful hymns ever at a family funeral. I was not known at all, so I'd thought I'd ask the discussion board if they have.... JT
chrisb Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Hi Folks - I've played one of the most tuneful hymns ever at a family funeral. I was not known at all, so I'd thought I'd ask the discussion board if they have.... JT Blimey! never thought to hear of that one again. I had to do this on a harmonium in St. Helen's Mission church, on the Isle of Wight when I was a spotty youth.....that makes it about 45 years ago. It was in A & M standard and the I.o.W. connection in the name is not lost on me. I recall that the choir were quite unable to get it sorted, so it was dropped and we did 'Never Weather-beaten Sail' instead. I've just had a look at it, stuck it on the desk, played it through, and it just took me three goes to get it right. Tricky little devil , well it is at my level of competence! Chris
Jonathan Thorne Posted September 21, 2007 Author Posted September 21, 2007 Thanks for your reply. I found the harmonies very nice and tender. Which h-book is it in? I only had a photocopy which was in old old print!
Vox Humana Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Very much an IoW sort of hymn, considering the poet and the tenor of the words.
Vox Humana Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Thanks for your reply. I found the harmonies very nice and tender. Which h-book is it in? I only had a photocopy which was in old old print! Hymns Ancient and Modern, Standard Edition, no.694.
pwhodges Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Hymns Ancient and Modern, Standard Edition, no.694. Or A&M New Edition (1904), no 430, where I guess it first appeared in a collection. Paul
Vox Humana Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Words and slightly creaky MIDI arrangment available here. There's an actual performance here.
Malcolm Farr Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Which Parry, by the way? C. Hubert, or Joseph (who gave us "Aberystwyth")? Rgds, MJF
mrbouffant Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 According to Dibble's excellent "C. Hubert H. Parry His Life and Music", the tune was written during 1903 and was written for Novello's Parish Choir Book. The incorporation into A&M came later.
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