#254: Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

[lutheranhymns]

I have a specific story to tell about this one, namely, the choir anthem arrangement I sang a couple times. Different melody, various harmonization for the men's and women's parts. There was a short piano introduction before the men came in with the first verse. And the introduction was playing the melody of the first phrase, for almost exactly its full length--but it got cut short, so if the men weren't paying attention, they would come in a measure late or so. The copy of the sheet music I had had been previously assigned to a man who had made a note to warn himself about this. Leading to the very mixed messages of:

"Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus" "Beware of entrance!"

Maybe we're not really expecting him that much.