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unusual facts about hymn tune



Angels We Have Heard on High

"Angels We Have Heard on High" is most commonly sung to the hymn tune "Gloria", as arranged by Edward Shippen Barnes.

Blaenwern

Blaenwern is a Welsh Christian hymn tune composed by William Penfro Rowlands (1860–1937), during the Welsh revival of 1904–1905.


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Gordon Archbold Slater

His hymn tune St Botolph is very widely sung to the words Jesu the Very Thought of Thee (Edward Caswall's translation of Bernard of Clairvaux's Jesu Dulcis Memoria).

John Zundel

There, he held various church appointments as organist, including at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn where he briefly worked with Henry Ward Beecher, inspiring the composition of the hymn tune by the same name.

O Little Town of Bethlehem

William Rhys-Herbert included a new hymn-tune and harmonization as part of his 1909 cantata, Bethany.

Psalm 148

It was also used as the setting for the hymn tune Darwall's 148th by John Darwall.

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, the standard hymn tune of "While Shepherds Watched" is "Winchester Old" (initially simply "Winchester"), originally published in Este's psalter The Whole Book of Psalmes from 1592.