#364: Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia
May. 29th, 2019 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsHow do you tell this hymn away from about a zillion others with the same name?
This one has a Tanzanian subtitle, which helps. But there are a couple cases of very similar titles, of which this is one. I'll probably talk about that in some future entry if there's even less to say about the song itself.
Is the alto part kind of boring?
It's kind of repetitive, but no more so than the other parts, fairly basic chord structure here.
Does it overlap with the other parts?
Yes indeed! For the first measure (and a couple that repeat it at the beginnings of other lines), all four parts are singing Middle C together.
Does the composer have a cool name?
Bernard Kyamanywa! Tanzania is into consonant clusters.
Tanzanian isn't a language though.
Right, I'm guessing it's a Swahili text but don't quote me on that.
This one has a Tanzanian subtitle, which helps. But there are a couple cases of very similar titles, of which this is one. I'll probably talk about that in some future entry if there's even less to say about the song itself.
Is the alto part kind of boring?
It's kind of repetitive, but no more so than the other parts, fairly basic chord structure here.
Does it overlap with the other parts?
Yes indeed! For the first measure (and a couple that repeat it at the beginnings of other lines), all four parts are singing Middle C together.
Does the composer have a cool name?
Bernard Kyamanywa! Tanzania is into consonant clusters.
Tanzanian isn't a language though.
Right, I'm guessing it's a Swahili text but don't quote me on that.
