Re: Hymn tunes

Dave Singer wrote:

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> What about the composer who writes music for a hymn that already has a
> perfectly good tune? Why should they do that any more than someone
> inspired by a tune writing new words? Do you sing "All hail the power of
> Jesus name" to Miles Lane and nothing else?

FWIW: The text to the Christmas carol, Away in a Manger, has had not
one but _two_ quite well-known tunes associated with it over the
years. Nevertheless, in 1974 I wrote a new tune for the soprano
soloist at my local church in Brooklyn. Chaulk it up to youthful . .
. take your pick. :-)

In 2000, Linda Ronstadt recorded it on her Christmas CD, A Merry
Little Christmas. It gets quite a few performances each season and
the mechanicals aren't too bad, either. ;-)

Richard White

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