Elvet Banks
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Elvet Banks is a modern hymn tune
, in the somewhat unusual meter
of 87.87.87.87.7, set in the Lutheran Service Book
of 2006 for the hymns:
The meter in this tune and its texts is also unusual in that most "8.7.8.7"-derived material (such as in Blaenwern
and Hyfrydol
) tends to have a strong, trochaic foot, whereas this has a gentler, iambic foot.
Hymn tune
A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part harmony, a fast harmonic rhythm , and no refrain or chorus....
, in the somewhat unusual meter
Meter (hymn)
A hymn meter or metre indicates the number of syllables for the lines in each stanza of a hymn. This provides a means of marrying the hymn's text with an appropriate hymn tune for singing.-Hymn and poetic meter:...
of 87.87.87.87.7, set in the Lutheran Service Book
Lutheran Service Book
Lutheran Service Book is the newest official hymnal of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and the Lutheran Church–Canada . It was prepared by the LCMS Commission on Worship and published by Concordia Publishing House, the official publisher of the LCMS...
of 2006 for the hymns:
- To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord, recommended for use in Epiphany and set as an alternative to the sixteenth century choraleChoraleA chorale was originally a hymn sung by a Christian congregation. In certain modern usage, this term may also include classical settings of such hymns and works of a similar character....
tune Christ unser Herr - May God bestow on us His grace, recommended for use in LentLentIn the Christian tradition, Lent is the period of the liturgical year from Ash Wednesday to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer – through prayer, repentance, almsgiving and self-denial – for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and...
and set as an alternative to the older tune Es Wolle Gott uns gnärdig sein.
The meter in this tune and its texts is also unusual in that most "8.7.8.7"-derived material (such as in Blaenwern
Blaenwern
Blaenwern is a Welsh Christian hymn tune composed by William Penfro Rowlands , during the Welsh revival of 1904-1905. 'Blaenwern' was first published in Henry H. Jones' Cân a Moliant ....
and Hyfrydol
Hyfrydol
Hyfrydol is a Welsh hymn tune which appears in a number of Christian hymnals in various arrangements. Composed by Rowland Prichard in 1844, it was originally published in the composer's handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal Cyfaill y Cantorion...
) tends to have a strong, trochaic foot, whereas this has a gentler, iambic foot.