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

Friday, August 16, 2019

"Sing Praise to God, the Highest Good"

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about something I noticed in "Sing Praise to God, the Highest Good" last year.  While looking over the hymn again since then, I found something else.

Every verse ends with the line "To God all praise and glory!" sung to this phrase from the tune "Lobt Gott den Herren, ihr":


Both "praise" and "glory" are sung with melismas (Bb A and F E F, respectively), musically giving a sense of the entirety of "all."