Originally posted by bull-scheidt
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I forget exactly, probably 15 years older or so...My boxes are positively disintegrating under the sheer weight of ticks. Ed Reardon -
Not so much innuendo but the very obvious emphasis invariably placed by the men upon the second word in line three of verse three of the hymn 'Thy Kingdom Come O God'
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Someone has bowdlerized the hymn, 'Thy kingdom come, O God' by shifting the verbal emphasis. A&M Revised et al gave us: "And lust, oppression, crime, shall flee Thy face before". On the second word the basses are required to leap up an octave and sing a 'C' against the tenors' 'D'. making this tasteful requires a degree of subtlety for which most amateur tenors and basses are not noted. In some recent hymnals, however, the preferred word order is "Oppression, lust and crime" which neatly solves the problem.Comment
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Talk of AMR (or even AM un-R) reminds me of much sniggering in the choir-stalls over verse 2 of All Hail the Power of Jesu's Name.Comment
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Originally posted by Vile Consort View Post
I always have trouble with the line in that W H Harris anthem Fair is the Heaven (based on words by Spenser I think) where happy souls are
"in full enjoyment of felicity".
The daughter of a friend's choirmaster was indeed named Felicity...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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It's our choirmaster's wife who's called Felicity...Comment
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There is clearly much felicity in the world of choral singing...Originally posted by David Underdown View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I've always understood from my DoM, once on the staff at Lichfield Cathedral, that the first half of verse 11 of Psalm 66 was a reference to Spaghetti Junction....Comment
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By no means innuendo - sorry to spoil it - but the words ending the psalm (whichever one it was) "Open thy mouth, and I shall fill it", our choirmaster called the dentist's psalm.
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When I sang this anthem at school, it was perfectly evident that it referred to Felicity Kendal, on TV every week in The Good LifeOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!Comment
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Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View PostWhen I sang this album at school, it was perfectly evident that it referred to Felicity Kendal, on TV every week in The Good Life
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Never mind Felicity what about Prudence:
Proverbs 8.12 I Wisdom dwell with Prudence and find out knowledge of witty inventions!
Provrbs 31.26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness!!
Being wise, as well as knowing a decent choir when I hear one, I also know my Bible!!!
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