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| Composer : | Zisi, Matthew | ||
| Instrumentation : | Choral SATB | ||
| Style : | Hymn - Sacred | ||
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| Date : | 12/4/2012 | ||
| Copyright : | Copyright © Matthew Zisi | ||
| Added by crosby3145, 12 Feb 2020 One of the greatest hymns ever written, and a popular staple of most hymnals, is What Wondrous Love Is This. The stirring lyrics tell the story of the greatest love of all-time, God’s love to undeserving, sinful human beings. Though it’s a folk hymn, the truths contained within it—Christ’s bearing the curse of sin for us at the cross, God’s eternality as epitomized in His name “I Am!”, our freedom from death thanks to Christ’s sacrifice—could not have been put better were a team of PhDs to give it their best shot. The words are great—the tune, on the other hand, is lousy. Music theorists will tell you it’s an excellent example of the Dorian mode, but careful listeners will note that its dour strains don’t match up well with the awesome wonder of God’s love, with the song of praise to God, with the Christian’s elation at being free from death. Great words desperately in need of a new tune—and that’s what I’ve attempted to do with this one. I don’t know if this’ll eventually be the tune associated with these words, or if it’ll be a forgotten footnote of history, like Wallingford Davies’s setting of O Little Town of Bethlehem, but I do know this—and that is, if I were a music director, I’d take this over that trashy Dorian melody any day. If you are looking for a tune that better expresses the joy of God’s wondrous love, then this may be exactly what you’re waiting for! | |||
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