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Robert Lowry - texts and tunes DigiTrad: HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER Related thread: Lyr Add: Shall We Gather at the River (Lowry) (27)
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Subject: RE: Robert Lowry - texts and tunes From: Haruo Date: 12 Nov 01 - 08:10 PM Not sure what the problem is. My copy of MID2TXT (at least the ReadMe File that came with it) has the same date on it that the page you linked to has (March '98, I think), and my TXT2MID (acquired at the same time) works to midify Joe Offer's recent Offerings, e.g. a third tune for How Can I Keep from Singing. The link on the page you linked to doesn't work, i.e. I can't download another copy to compare to or replace the one I have. :-( Liland |
Subject: RE: Robert Lowry - texts and tunes From: IvanB Date: 10 Nov 01 - 10:52 PM The ABC works fine for me, but the MIDI's don't, I assume because you're using an older version of MID2TXT that isn't compatible with the latest version. The latest version is available here: click here Using ABCMus I was able to make a MIDI (from the ABC) that would transfer back and forth between MID2TXT and TXT2MID, so I have to assume the version conflict is the only problem here. |
Subject: RE: Robert Lowry - texts and tunes From: Haruo Date: 10 Nov 01 - 07:02 PM Here are links to the How can I keep from singing thread, the DT version of the same, DT version of Shall we gather... Liland |
Subject: RE: Robert Lowry - texts and tunes From: Haruo Date: 10 Nov 01 - 06:56 PM (refresh + okay, well, it doesn't have to be Joe who tells me if I did it right. Anybody?) Liland |
Subject: Robert Lowry - texts and tunes From: Haruo Date: 09 Nov 01 - 08:05 PM Robert Lowry was a Baptist minister, church musician and literature professor of the latter half of the 19th century. A current (Nov '01) thread deals with the song "How Can I Keep from Singing?", for which he wrote the original tune and probably most of the traditional words. This is in the Digitrad but the DT doesn't mention him there. The only song in the DT that overtly credits Lowry is "Shall We Gather at the River?" (incidentally, tune-name nomenclature for the tune of "Shall We Gather" is "Hanson Place). In the "How Can I Keep from Singing?" thread I mentioned his "Chorus of Fire". Also, Lowry wrote the tune of the English original underlying the Hawaiian Christmas carol "Nu 'Oli" (the English text is variously credited to him or to Fanny Crosbyboth I and the Cyberhymnal folks are looking for the rest of the versesthe Hawaiian is, of course, by Laiana, the Catherine-Winkworth-in-drag of Hawaiian hymnody). Another one of Lowry's important contributions was the addition of the refrain to transform the staid Isaac Watts call-to-worship hymn "Come, ye that love the Lord" (to St. Thomas) into the foot-stompin' processional/recessional "Marching to Zion". I invite people to post Lowry info (including additional texts or tunes) that goes beyond what is in the Cyberhymnal bio. I also thought I would take this opportunity to try out the MID2TXT program and see if I could produce posts you all could turn into simple MIDIs. So here is my attempt at the tune of "Chorus of fire": MIDI file: chorusf1.mid Timebase: 192 Name: chorusfi This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1 and here is my rough draft of "Nu 'Oli", both based on the four-part/piano-arrangement MIDIs in The Cyber Hymnal: MIDI file: Nu_Oli1.mid Timebase: 192 Name: Nu Oli! (Glad Tidings!) This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1 How'd I do, Joe? |
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