Music post: the Episcopal hymnal

I was putting up chestnuts from the Episcopal hymnal for skuf, so the rest of y'all might as well share them.

I always say that at Vatican II, the Catholic Church put all its good music out in a garage sale and the Episcopalians came around and bought it at bargain prices. Of course these hymns aren't exclusive to the Episcopal hymnal, but there's a certain style that I associate with it, a certain broad, formal, stately exultation.

I wish I had "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken," which is one of my favorites and also interesting for being set to the tune we associate with "Deutschland Uber Alles."

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