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lutheranhymns) wrote2019-08-24 10:30 pm
lutheranhymns) wrote2019-08-24 10:30 pm
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#622: Neither Death nor Life
What's the format?
Refrain, and then a bunch of individual verses that are all basically the same notes but with slightly different rhythm, which can optionally be sung by a "leader," then back to the refrain. And so on.
Who is the "leader"?
Depends on the size of the church/music program. Sometimes just a cantor. It feels like the kind of contemporary arrangement that my choir would have done "okay, we'll pick three different soloists and they'll just take turns doing the verses."
Is that typical for New Testament texts?
More often for the Psalms--in the (full-scale) service there's usually one Psalm arrangement sung every week, but they can differ pretty widely in terms of format/who sings what and when.
Refrain, and then a bunch of individual verses that are all basically the same notes but with slightly different rhythm, which can optionally be sung by a "leader," then back to the refrain. And so on.
Who is the "leader"?
Depends on the size of the church/music program. Sometimes just a cantor. It feels like the kind of contemporary arrangement that my choir would have done "okay, we'll pick three different soloists and they'll just take turns doing the verses."
Is that typical for New Testament texts?
More often for the Psalms--in the (full-scale) service there's usually one Psalm arrangement sung every week, but they can differ pretty widely in terms of format/who sings what and when.