[Magdalen] Brightest and Best - The Epiphany, January 6, 2016.

[P. Dan Brittain]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:57 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have come into contact with what I think is a very nice setting of this
> hymn text in the shape note tradition.
>
> I was reading a memoir of holiday celebrations in earlier times in the
> Mountains, and one image that stuck with me was the remark that the young
> folks of the family would go to their grandma's house and sing "Brightest
> and Best" outside her bedroom window on Christmas morning. From the
> context, I knew that the hymn must be beloved, and it was a good bet it was
> not our hymnal 1940 version.
>
> And when I looked, sure enough:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ5aAinuE_M
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUZi3688mG8
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_29KjzCuh7U
>
> The first and third cuts are the tune I was talking about. I did notice
that they weren't singing it with the raised 6th. Usually sung a touch
faster too.




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