[Magdalen] Bishops' choices of funeral hymns

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Well, the first question would be whether or not it is in your hymnal. If
it isn't, that would explain why you might not have heard of it.

I went through years of attending church, however, it must be said, and I
never even knew of Engelbert. An incredibly wonderful hymn, and it just
never was played. Ever. It was intended by Charles Villiers Stanford as the
tune of "For all the Saints, who", but it lost out to Ralph Vaughn Adagio's
nameless efforts.

Then, one day Kathleen Pearson programmed it, and it was as if the
floodgates were opened. I heard it numerous times, with different words. It
has three sets of lyrics in the 1982 hymnal, none of which are those for
which it was written. Fascinating!


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 Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Ian Gomersall <ian.gomersall at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This post on our church blog
>
> https://stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/bishops-choices-of-funeral-
> hymns/
>
> is about Church of England bishops' choice of funeral hymns. It's led to
> some interest.
>
> I was interested that a TEC priest said she'd never hear any of the hymns
> mentioned! That seemed to me extraoridinary - but maybe the pond difference
> is bigger than I thought!
>
> Anyone any comments?
>
> I did wonder if in TEC certain hymns were more popular in certian parts of
> the states / dioceses..
> This could explain why one TEC person told me 'The Strife is O'er' is
> popualr at Epsicopal funerals, yet this preists has never heard of it.
>
> Best wishes for Advent
>
> Ian
>
>
>
> *Ian Gomersall*
>