#624: Jesus, Still Lead On
Dec. 2nd, 2019 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsDoes the composer have an awesome name?
Text is by Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf! The L is for Ludwig which is kind of anticlimactic next to von Zinzendorf, but we'll take it.
What about the hymn tune?
"Seelenbräutigam" is one of those things that looks like gibberish at first. And at second. Apparently it's the German translation of "Soul's bridegroom," and if you squint you can kiiiind of see that. And then beg the question of "why does German have so many compound nouns anyway."
Do the altos get a lot of D?
Maybe not as much as you'd think for the soul's bridegroom (sorry, had to go there), but plenty.
Text is by Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf! The L is for Ludwig which is kind of anticlimactic next to von Zinzendorf, but we'll take it.
What about the hymn tune?
"Seelenbräutigam" is one of those things that looks like gibberish at first. And at second. Apparently it's the German translation of "Soul's bridegroom," and if you squint you can kiiiind of see that. And then beg the question of "why does German have so many compound nouns anyway."
Do the altos get a lot of D?
Maybe not as much as you'd think for the soul's bridegroom (sorry, had to go there), but plenty.
