"Spite" is sung with a melisma (C Bb), musically giving a sense of degree (for "great"). I wouldn't argue too much for this, but "hurling" is also sung with a melisma (A G F), giving something of a sense of movement.
Friday, May 1, 2020
"Lord of Our Life"
A little over a year ago, I found a few things in "Lord of Our Life," sung to the tune "Iste confessor." In the second verse, there are the lines "See how Your foes their banners are unfurling / And with great spite their fiery darts are hurling." The second of those lines is sung to this musical phrase:
"Spite" is sung with a melisma (C Bb), musically giving a sense of degree (for "great"). I wouldn't argue too much for this, but "hurling" is also sung with a melisma (A G F), giving something of a sense of movement.
"Spite" is sung with a melisma (C Bb), musically giving a sense of degree (for "great"). I wouldn't argue too much for this, but "hurling" is also sung with a melisma (A G F), giving something of a sense of movement.
