Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.
Showing posts with label Jesus Thy Church with Longing Eyes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesus Thy Church with Longing Eyes. Show all posts

Friday, December 20, 2019

"Jesus, Thy Church with Longing Eyes"

Last summer I recorded the tune "O Jesu Christ, mein's," used for TLH #64 "Jesus, Thy Church with Longing Eyes" (in the Advent section).  I noticed a small feature, specifically regarding the first musical phrase:


In the fourth verse, the text here is "Oh, come and reign o'er every land."  Because the text for the fourth verse is printed below the music staves, it's a bit unclear whether "every" is meant to be sung with three syllables or (as "ev'ry") with a melisma (G A B), but either articulation gives a sense of number.