Text and tune

A little more on singing the words to “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” to the tune of the Sacred Harp song “Northfield” (hereĀ and here). If you look at the words for the first line — (1) How long, dear Savior, O how long and the way they are set to music, you’ll see a potential disparity: … Continue reading Text and tune