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Hymn Preludes

Krummhorn

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You got it pretty much right, unlike the germans, we don't capitalize the nouns unless they're in the beginning of the sentence - so it would be Dejlig er den himmel blå (aa...!)

What's the american title to Den signede dag?

Thanks, Tom :D I just found the "å" on my character map ... Dohhh!! :crazy:

Den signede dag is O Day Full of Grace in the US. The 1st verse:

O day full of grace that now we see appearing on earth's horizon,
bring light from our God that we may be abundant in joy this season.
God, shine for us now in this dark place; your name on our hearts emblazon.

Kh
 

tom

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Thanks, Tom :D I just found the "å" on my character map ... Dohhh!! :crazy:

Den signede dag is O Day Full of Grace in the US. The 1st verse:

O day full of grace that now we see appearing on earth's horizon,
bring light from our God that we may be abundant in joy this season.
God, shine for us now in this dark place; your name on our hearts emblazon.

Kh

Nice! And I reckon you do use Weyses melody as well? It's a very strong melody, and this hymn is one the core hymns in the danish church. But you might know that already!
 

Simon Jansfort

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Ok ... let's get sligthly back on topic here. My point of posting here was hymn preludes. I know of course it has a great deal to do with what melodies we share, but my idea is that we get posting some scores, ok? I already posted one, now my question is, is this the sort of thing you use over there too?

Simon
 

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Nice! And I reckon you do use Weyses melody as well? It's a very strong melody, and this hymn is one the core hymns in the danish church. But you might know that already!
Tom, yes! That's the one we use, too :grin:

Ok ... let's get sligthly back on topic here. My point of posting here was hymn preludes. I know of course it has a great deal to do with what melodies we share, but my idea is that we get posting some scores, ok? I already posted one, now my question is, is this the sort of thing you use over there too?

Simon

Simon ... right on ;) ... most of mine are improvised on the spot, but I'm going to start doing some pre-composing before Sunday mornings as a way to enhance the intro to the hymns. I really like your short improv - nice line, simple and pleasant. I hope to contribute some musical ideas here too.

Lars
 

Simon Jansfort

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Simon ... right on ;) ... most of mine are improvised on the spot, but I'm going to start doing some pre-composing before Sunday mornings as a way to enhance the intro to the hymns. I really like your short improv - nice line, simple and pleasant. I hope to contribute some musical ideas here too.

Lars


Thanks. I'm kinda contemplating how we can organise this, because it won't work posting all the stuff as we go along, it will be impossible to find, so I'm kinda thinking a sub forum under Pipe-Organ to share our composed stuff. What d'ya think? Then one can post a prelude, get feedback and share it, and maybe some others can post their equivalent.

This will of course require Frederik to look into it. You out there mate? :)

Simon
 

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Ok ... here goes - taking the plunge posting a little ditty that I wrote out this afternoon before choir rehearsals. I usually do these things as an on the spot improvisation, and only beginning to notate them - so this is my first ever written out composition of a hymn-prelude having been inspired by a thought that Simon made to the board here ... I use a notation program called Noteworthy Composer - it suits my needs for the present time.
 

Simon Jansfort

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That's cool. I haven't been able to play it through, since I don't have an instrument in my little apartment at the moment, but I will asap.

Keep it comming.

Simon
 

giwro

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hymn preludes

hmmm....

Like others have mentioned, I have no time in our service for extended hymn introductions - we have 75 minutes, then need to have 30 to reconfigure the worship center for the next service. I have written some hymn preludes, though - some of them have even been published! Many of them came from improvisations - here are a couple of examples:

http://www.evensongmusic.net/audio/OrwigJesusShallReign.mp3
and
http://www.blackiris.com/orwig/Orwig_comps/crucifer.mp3

The last one originated as an improv on Easter 1992, the first one was written out ahead of time.

Because my postludes have to be short, I often improvise them - some are better than others :p

I will occasionally play written postludes, but I'm more apt to do that for the Prelude or during the collection/offertory.

cheers,

-G
 

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Simon ... enjoyed that little tune ... not familiar with the hymn itself, but it must be wonderful to hear a congregation singing it.

Giwor ...
Beautiful improvs ... especially the grandioso finish of Crucifier. Can you tell us a little about the organ where this was recorded?

My latest hymn-prelude from last weekend:
 
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NEB

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Interesting topic. I always do a playover (first couple of lines clear and simple). Now I've often toyed with the idea of wrapping them up into something more, and also putting an improvisation in before the last verse as well but I'm not entirely sure the priest or the congregation would wear it so I just don't bother, but maybe I will somtime.

I did put in a fanfare on the horns before the last verse of O Come all ye Faithful on christmas morning and that seemed to go down OK, so maybe I might get creative. Problem is, we don't seem to do too many 'proper hymns' more like sort of religious songs and things, so opportunity gets to be a bit scarce anyway.

C'est la Vie!
 

PraeludiumUndFuge

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To all you organists out there who improvise (in front of crowds no less), or even sightread preludes composed right before the service, nothing but props to you. I wish to reach your level of involvement in this Art and confidecne at the keyboard someday.
 

giwro

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Simon ... enjoyed that little tune ... not familiar with the hymn itself, but it must be wonderful to hear a congregation singing it.

Giwro ...
Beautiful improvs ... especially the grandioso finish of Crucifier. Can you tell us a little about the organ where this was recorded?

My latest hymn-prelude from last weekend:

The Crucifer was recorded at my church - Schantz II/32 with 38 digital ranks added (so it has a total of 70). The Duke Street (Jesus Shall Reign) was done using the Hauptwerk 2 software sampler - samples taken from a large organ in the Czech Republic.

Cheers, ;)
 

giwro

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To all you organists out there who improvise (in front of crowds no less), or even sightread preludes composed right before the service, nothing but props to you. I wish to reach your level of involvement in this Art and confidecne at the keyboard someday.

<chuckle>

You must understand, some of the improvs are better than others.... here's a short one I did at the close of our Christmas concert in 2002... it has a lot of "fire", but is technically lacking, since I never modulated :p

Concert Improv

One must practice improvisation, too... it can get more accomplished if you do!

Cheers,

-G
 
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