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

Friday, August 28, 2020

"What Is the World to Me"

About a year ago, "What Is the World to Me" was one of the hymns in church, and I noticed a small feature in the third verse.  The fifth line is "I have a higher good," sung to this phrase from the tune "Was frag' ich nach der Welt":


The first syllable of "higher" is sung to the highest note in this phrase (C), giving something of a sense of its meaning.