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#336: Lamb of God
Oct. 29th, 2020 10:37 pmThis gets the subtitle/first line "Your Only Son," and other than the titular image is not an adaptation of the "Agnus Dei" prayer, rather a contemporary/praise song of the type that doesn't really stick the landing for me.
However, rather than "irregular" or "peculiar meter," the rhythm is actually the common-ish Long Meter Double. Which means you could try to sing it to "Now We Join In Celebration" (which would sound very awkward, because although the line lengths match up, the stresses don't) or even "Jerusalem", which would scan better, but still probably jarring in terms of words/music "fit". I'm not sure if I can give a good definition of "fit" that isn't rooted in confirmation bias or "well I associate it with this old-timey English patriotic song, not this contemporary praise anthem," but hopefully you get the idea.
However, rather than "irregular" or "peculiar meter," the rhythm is actually the common-ish Long Meter Double. Which means you could try to sing it to "Now We Join In Celebration" (which would sound very awkward, because although the line lengths match up, the stresses don't) or even "Jerusalem", which would scan better, but still probably jarring in terms of words/music "fit". I'm not sure if I can give a good definition of "fit" that isn't rooted in confirmation bias or "well I associate it with this old-timey English patriotic song, not this contemporary praise anthem," but hopefully you get the idea.
