Homorhythmic (i.e., hymn-style) arrangement of a traditional piece entitled "Adeste Fideles", in standard two-staff format for mixed voices. Playⓘ
A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part (or more) harmony, a fast harmonic rhythm (chords change frequently), with or without refrain or chorus.
From the late sixteenth century in England and Scotland, when most people were not musically literate and learned melodies by rote, it was a common practice to sing a new text to a hymn tune the singers already knew which had a suitable meter and character.
There are many hymn tunes which might fit a particular hymn: a hymn in Long Metre might be sung to any hymn tune in Long Metre, but the tunes might be as different as those tunes that have been used for centuries with hymns such as Te lucis ante terminum, on one hand, and an arrangement of the calypso tune used with Jamaica Farewell, on the other.
A hymntune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part...
been continuously proposed as such. Other major uses of the tune include several Christian hymns and other national songs. After the success of the full-length...
and the scholarly study of hymns, hymnists and hymnody is hymnology. The music to which a hymn may be sung is a hymntune. In many Evangelical churches...
who funded John Brown's work. The tune and some of the lyrics of "John Brown’s Body" came from a much older folk hymn called "Say, Brothers will you Meet...
Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is an immensely popular hymn, particularly...
tuberculosis. It is most often sung to the tune "Eventide" by the English organist William Henry Monk. The author of the hymn, Henry Francis Lyte, was an Anglican...
text by Paul Gerhardt). The common name for this hymntune is "Passion Chorale." The well-known hymn is itself a reworking of an earlier secular song...
many pre-existing hymntunes and creating hymntunes based on folk songs, he wrote several original hymntunes: Original hymntunes included in The English...
author, probably to fit the commonly used hymntune, "Easter Hymn". It remains a traditional processional hymn on Easter Sunday. Charles Wesley, the co-founder...
the best known hymns by the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnwriter. Luther wrote the words and composed the hymntune between 1527 and...
"Old 100th" or "Old Hundredth" (also known as "Old Hundred") is a hymntune in long metre, from the second edition of the Genevan Psalter. It is one of...
[ˈkaɪ̯zɐˈhʏmnə]; Emperor's Hymn). Haydn's tune has since been widely employed in other contexts: in works of classical music, in Christian hymns, in alma maters...
Cwm Rhondda is a popular hymntune written by John Hughes (1873–1932) in 1907. The name is taken from the Welsh name for the Rhondda Valley. It is usually...
1848. The hymn is commonly sung to the hymntune All Things Bright And Beautiful, composed by William Henry Monk in 1887. Another popular tune is Royal...
(1832) edited by Joseph Funk, though the original tune may be Keen(e)'s "Geard". In 1835, the hymn was included in the first hymnbook introduced by the...
publication. The hymn is one of the most popular hymns amongst English-speaking congregations today, and it is traditionally sung to the hymntune Crimond, generally...
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