This another song that survived in CWB II with a different setting – actually chant, which I blogged here.
In CWB I, Frederick Pratt Green’s text for anointing was set to DISTRESS, from W. Walker’s Southern Harmony. The words are at Hope Publishing although CWB I leaves out verse three.
I derived the chords from the organ music at Hymnary for my backing, which I prefer to the CWB II because it is metrical.
This is great but I doubt you could sing to it:
This is less flashy and more useful:
Quartet:
This is the chant setting, JESU DULCIS MEMORIA from CWB II from Liturgy Share, who shows it’s not that hard:
I wonder why they omitted verse 3…
It is a very lovely verse. It’s not happy nor clappy, but it does a really good job on the prayer side of things. Why can’t we just sing bombastic prayers that cause literal violence to sin.
The tune matching on CWB1 was way better than the sequel.
There are literally a bajillion hymn settings with Long Metre, from the countless settings of O Salutaris. The fact that nobody really knows 8.8.8.8 hymn tunes doesn’t mean you slap on a chant tune and wear it out. Why not put the effort in making sure the tue actually matches the text in an appropriate manner so it brings out the meaning, and not just a vehicle to sing the words.
Gio
I’ve become a sucker for all those shape note, Southern Harmony, simple tunes myself.
Geoff