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Thread #24662   Message #753647
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
24-Jul-02 - 09:14 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Looking for hymn set to 'Ode to Joy'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for hymn set to 'Ode to Joy'
I remember singing "Alleluia Sing to Jesus, His the sceptre, His the crown" to this; (A shame when there is a lovely Welsh tune!), so I checked the hymn book.
The metre is common, 8.7.8.7. (Doubled), and has many interchangeable hymns and tunes. Possibly the best known is "Austria" (Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion city of our God) which was not only the tune for the Austrian anthem but also the German. (Deutschland, Deutschland..)
Is it mere happenstance that we have a tune for a European anthem which is interchangeable with the German ?

Nigel