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

Saturday, November 30, 2019

"Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"


This summer I bought an alto recorder.  I haven't done much with it yet, so I thought I'd try recording a hymn tune with it.  Since it's Advent now, I did "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," the tune to which "Savior of the Nations, Come" is sung.  This is also the tune I started with when I began re-learning how to read music seven years ago.

I followed the arrangement in The Lutheran Hymnal (in which "Savior of the Nations, Come" is #95).  The higher two voices are on soprano recorder; the lowest is on alto.