#872: Praise Ye the Lord
May. 17th, 2021 10:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsThe composer's name is J. Jefferson Cleveland, which is slightly interesting because that's two different US presidents.
We also get multiple key signatures: the refrain is in D major, and then the verses are in two flats (B-flat major? G minor? It ends on A, which would be the seventh note of the B-flat scale, and then transitions back to the D major refrain).
Lyrically, we have a distinction between "holy cymbals" and "clashing cymbals." (My sister will be glad to know at least some cymbals can be holy.) The 20th-century update of Psalm 150 loses momentum, however, and turns into "Praise God because it's all right." Which is a little bit too hip for me.
We also get multiple key signatures: the refrain is in D major, and then the verses are in two flats (B-flat major? G minor? It ends on A, which would be the seventh note of the B-flat scale, and then transitions back to the D major refrain).
Lyrically, we have a distinction between "holy cymbals" and "clashing cymbals." (My sister will be glad to know at least some cymbals can be holy.) The 20th-century update of Psalm 150 loses momentum, however, and turns into "Praise God because it's all right." Which is a little bit too hip for me.
