Tomorrow is again Corpus Christi Feast, Procession in the city, the weather is not directly promising.
One thought occurs to me: at the end of the procession we usually sing two songs:
Holy God we praise your name (Großer Gott wir loben Dich) and Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet.
While the latter is one of my favourite hymns, and it is really very uprising when sung by thousands of people who take part in the procession, the first one is somewhat dull. It is meant to be a vernacular version of the Te Deum, so I just can't help asking myself why we don't just let the Te Deum be Te Deum as we do also sing in Latin the "Pange Lingua" and "Veni Creator Spiritus".
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
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Perhaps because the Te Deum is perceived to be too l o n g for our poor barbarian brains to manage? On the other hand, Grosser Gott wir loben Dich may in its German have a bountiful number of stanze or verses or whatever they are properly called; here in the US Holy God we praise Thy Name has only two (at least only two in most books actually used).
ReplyDeleteMarc, thanks, I think you are right. I can't remember it in full either.
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