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

Friday, October 22, 2021

"Alleluia! Sing to Jesus"

Over the last few years, I found some things to note in "Alleluia! Sing to Jesus," sung to the tune "Hyfrydol."  Here's the first musical phrase:


In the fourth verse, the text here is "Alleluia!  King eternal."  "Eternal" is sung with a melisma (A G F G), musically giving a sense of duration.

The first verse ends with the lines "'Jesus out of ev'ry nation / Has redeemed us by His blood.'"  The first of these two lines is sung to this musical phrase:


The phrase "ev'ry nation" is sung with melismas (A F A | G A Bb A G), and this illustrates that breadth.