[Magdalen] On a humorous note

[Jay Weigel]

The Powell is particularly dreadful, IMNSHO. YMMV, of course, but none of
the 1982 settings are worth a plugged nickel, and I wish they hadn't
tampered with the Old Scottish Gloria either.

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

>
>> A new verse to one of the worst crafted hymns of all time.  It's on my
>> short list of hymns I hate most.
>>
>
> Well, the snooty can deride it, but then they've probably never sung
> Anglican Chant either, which lets the singer sing the Psalms without
> worrying about meter and rhyme or any of the other pedestrian things that
> some consider make a "good" hymn.
>
> But then, where's the meter and rhyme in, say, the Gloria?
>
> Glory to God in the Highest
> And peace to his people on Err-erth.
> If this were a poem you were buy-ying
> How much would you say its was wor-rth?
>
> BTW, any choir/congregation worth its musical salt can sing the Gloria and
> glorious four-part Anglican Chant, as a few came to recognize how dreadful
> the H82 Gloria settings like Powell and Hurd really are.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim . . .
>
>