May 30, 2011

  • Hymn 2 Apostles' Creed

    BACKGROUND

    This tune was written by the deputies of the Synod Leeuwarden in 1920. Whether the tune was written for the Apostles' Creed I don't know for certain. This hymn was composed with the same note values and there were no rests. This gives a good feeling for singing a stanza instead of line-by-line.  There are three stanza's (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). Each stanza is sung as a continuous story line.

    SINGING AND ACCOMPANIMENT

    This tune is sung not too fast. We need to take time off the last note of every line to breath. This is a common technique, and we are using this already with many other hymns (such as Hymn 74 on the tune Melita).

    SHEET MUSIC

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    PRACTISE EXAMPLE

    This is a practise of this hymn (April/May 2011) by the Canadian Reformed Church at Langley BC.

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