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

Friday, January 10, 2020

"Hail the Day So Rich in Cheer"

I don't currently have any notes about Epiphany hymns to write about, so I'm going to continue with Christmas hymns.

In October 2018, I recorded the tune "Der Tag, der ist," used with TLH #78 "Hail the Day So Rich in Cheer."  I noticed a small connection between the text and the second phrase:


In the second verse, the text here calls Jesus the "King of all creation."  "Creation" is sung with a melisma (F# G A G), musically giving a sense of the breadth of that "all."