[Magdalen] Any Swedish speakers in the house?

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Tue Dec 4 17:34:15 UTC 2018


If the last didn't come through, try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSiV0StQU4

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 12:32 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is the hymn I'm referencing. It's most definitely NOT "Tochter Sion",
> which I know and love, but it's a real rouser. And I know I can put it on
> Google Translate, but that generally mangles poetry.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSiV0StQU4&list=RDsKZTiliMrIo&index=2
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 10:52 PM Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
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>> Well, that hymn is a popular Advent Hymn throughout Northern Europe. It's
>> in the Lutheran Hymnals
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>> -----German hymn tune is Tochter Zion and I have heard it in German on
>> Therere are a lot of great Swedish Advent hymns that are becoming more
>> universal They are in a lot of hymnals, but ELCA has the most of them.
>>
>> When I was at St James Lutheran we did a Lucia celebration that included
>> a lot of Scandinavian favorites. The pastor was Sigurd Andresen and he was
>> thrilled. They (he and his wife) were professional NOrwegians, having been
>> knighted by the King of Norway.
>>
>> Joe
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