"Turn" is sung with a melisma (A C), so while it's negated, there's a sense of literal movement or metaphorical diverging.
Friday, July 3, 2020
"Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord"
Last summer, I noticed a small feature in "Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord." The fourth line of the third verse is "Let trials turn us not aside," sung to this musical phrase (the tune is "Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott"):
"Turn" is sung with a melisma (A C), so while it's negated, there's a sense of literal movement or metaphorical diverging.
"Turn" is sung with a melisma (A C), so while it's negated, there's a sense of literal movement or metaphorical diverging.
