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Thread #114419   Message #2442048
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
16-Sep-08 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Subject: RE: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
TH doesn't mention the specific tunes for the dances in 'Tess', but he mentions many tunes in other works ('Under the Greenwood Tree' springs to mind but it's been a few years since I read it). He does give the name of a psalm tune 'Langdon' from the days when we used to sing psalms in church to chants, rather than as contemporary songs. I feel the Church in general lost a great deal of its dignity when they decided to drop psalm chants.

LTS