[Magdalen] Trinity Anyone?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I did not find any reference to such.  However, there are some settings of
chants that make it possible to recite it on musical tones. The one setting
I found was published in the mid-nineteenth century.

One can see the move toward shorter sound bytes as the bcps are more
modern.

There's nothing hard about the Athanasian creed at all except "Oh, that's
just too long!"  Every time the bcp gets a remake, the athanasian is
rendered in smaller print.  Pretty soon it will fit on a postage stamp. And
that's kind of too bad, since it has a very clear purpose, not accomplished
elsewhere. And, in all fairness, it's not THAT long, although singing it
certainly does not help at all...

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 2:21 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:

> No one has answered my question whether there is a through composed musical
> setting of the Athanasian Creed.
>
> Joe
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 6:09 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We sang it to several Anglican chants this year. Far better than unison
> > tone with no alternation.
> > On Jun 2, 2015 1:13 PM, "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Joseph Cirou
> > >
> > >  I don't believe it is sung; if is it is in a simple psalm tune.  Is
> > there
> > >> a
> > >> full blown musical setting of the Athanasian Creed?
> > >>
> > >
> > > I remember singing a full-blown setting when I was a choirboy many
> moons
> > > ago. The only thing I remember about it that it called for a soaringly
> > high
> > > note here and there, including on the word "incomprehensible."
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> >
>