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idiom of the British Isles made so popular by Vaughan the composer to the author in 2023.
Williams, Grainger, and others. The choral parts are 3 Ibid.
accessible and will prove to be a rewarding experience 4 See The Oxford English Dictionary (www.oed.com)
for those who seek music that challenges and delights in 5 In The English Hymnal, 1906, viii, the word “Lord” is used
equal measure. in place for “kind” in stanza 1, interrupting the rhymed
couplets of each verse. As Dr. Healey pointed out to me
in an email, his version is from the 1933 edition, and he
Lester Seigel is an emeritus professor of music of
Birmingham-Southern College, and is choirmaster and noted the curious use of the word “kind” in the older
version, despite its interruption to the rhyme scheme.
organist at Canterbury United Methodist Church in 6 Note that the last word, “kind,” is also set in a simple meter
Mountain Brook, Alabama. lcseigel@bellsouth.net
on its single syllable, further reinforcing the syncopation
of the preceding measure within the overall 6/8 pattern.
7 From email to the author.
NOTES 8 The sole exception is an F that appears twice, in the climac-
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tic phrase “Make me pure, Lord, Thou art holy/Make
1 www.derekhealey.com
2 Adapted from the composer’s biography at http://www. me meek, Lord, Thou art lowly,” which gives a subdued
derekhealey.com/index.html#review and emails from but effective emphasis as an accented neighbor tone.

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