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

Friday, March 27, 2026

"Ride On, Ride On in Majesty"

Last year, I watched the Concordia University Wisconsin chapel service from 14 April.  The recording begins in progress, but the hymn - "Ride On, Ride On in Majesty" - is intact.  In it, I noticed yet an-other instance where a phrase is sung to notes of all different pitches, lending a sense of breadth or entirety.

The hymn is sung to the tune "Winchester New."  Here's the second musical phrase:


In the first verse, the text here is "Hark! All the tribes hosanna cry," and the phrase "All the tribes" is sung to the notes Eb D C.