Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

"Allein Gott in der Höh'" (TLH #33)


I'm familiar with this tune from LSB, but it's ever so slightly different in TLH.  The entire melody in the TLH version alternates between quarter and half notes (I had to change the last half note to a dotted half note so I could started the Amen cadence on the first beat of the measure), but in a couple phrases in the LSB version, a half note is changed into a pair of quarter notes.  This has some interesting implications that I'm going to add to my list of things to write about.