Hymn tune: McShane Duple, 77. 77. 77 (Charles H. Giffen)
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Attached herewith are the PDF score and an MP3 sound file for my hymn tune McShane Duple, a 77. 77. 77 tune in duple rhythm that was arranged from my 3/2 hymn tune McShane. The present tune is also presented with a variant version which is a little more subdued. If McShane Duple were used for Kathy Pluth's text "Hail the long-awaited Son" (which is the subject of another thread), then the third stanza might well be sung with the variant (for instance, by the choir alone).
    Giffen-McShane Duple.pdf
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    Giffen-McShane Duple.mp3
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    Thanked by 3Kathy smvanroode jj_catholic
  • canadashcanadash
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    Beautiful! Thanks for sharing this!
    Thanked by 2Kathy CHGiffen
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Very serene and stately. My husband and I listened to it several times last night and like it very much. I haven't tried setting hymn texts to hymn tunes too much before, but I gather that you look for hymn texts in the same meter that are suitable and simply put them together, is that correct?

    Looking through the Anglican Hymnal I see two that work very well:

    Holy Spirit, font of light
    God of mercy

    Would these work?

    This is just too much fun. Thanks so much for sharing this.
    Thanked by 2Kathy CHGiffen
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