"St. Anne" (TLH #291)

"St. Anne"

The arrangements of "St. Anne" in The Lutheran Service Book (#733) and Lutheran Worship (#180) are the same, and they differ from the arrangement in The Lutheran Hymnal (#123) by only one note.  An F in the tenor part in the TLH arrangement becomes an A in the LW/LSB arrangement.

This is once through the TLH arrangement, once through the LW/LSB arrangement, and then the Amen cadence from TLH.

"O God, Our Help in Ages Past"

The hymn tune I recorded this week was "St. Anne," used for "O God, Our Help in Ages Past."  While looking at the hymn, I noticed a connection between the text and the last musical phrase:

The first and the last (sixth) verse both end with the line "And our eternal home."  "Home" is sung to the tonic note (a C in C major), so there's "home" in the text and home in the tune.

"St. Anne" (TLH #123)