Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.
Showing posts with label All Glory Be to God Alone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label All Glory Be to God Alone. Show all posts

Friday, August 29, 2025

"All Glory Be to God Alone"

I was looking at "All Glory Be to God Alone" earlier this month, and I noticed a small feature in the last line of the third verse:  "To all the world Your grace extend," sung to this musical phrase from the tune "All' Ehr' und Lob":


The phrase "all the world" is sung to notes of all different pitches (B A G), giving a small sense of this entirety.

Friday, June 23, 2023

"All Glory Be to God Alone"

A couple years ago, I noticed a small feature in "All Glory Be to God Alone," sung to the tune "All' Ehr' und Lob."  Here's the last musical phrase:


The third verse ends with the line "To all the world Your grace extend."  "Grace" is sung with a melisma (G B), so there's a musical sense of its being "extend[ed]."  To some degree, there's a sense of this "extend[ing]" even in just the note values, since they increase from quarter notes to a half note and then to a whole note.

While looking over the hymn again, I noticed a cross inscription in the third musical phrase:


This corresponds to the text in the third verse, which is "You take the whole world's sin away."  Christ's crucifixion was the means by which this was effected.