There are some tunes, to the music we sing today, for which the origin is not known, yet we know it is centuries old. One such tune is called Palestrina, aka, St. Denio, which is the tune to the “Immortal, Invisible” hymn. This will be the score of the movie. Thousands of angels will be playing this, as a brass orchestra, while God is speaking from the cyclone.
It is interesting to think that a melody could have been passed down through the ages, since they transcend culture, language and time. What if there is a tune that we have mis-attributed to a composer, when they did not actually write it themselves, but rather learned it when travelling to another land, for example. There is no telling if we today are singing to a tune written by God Himself.
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It is evident that people in different times and places have different ideas of what constitues good music. This is especially true concerning harmony. However, before radio (and copyright laws) songwriters knowingly “recycled” tunes, perhaps the majority of the time. Many of Robert Burns famous songs were put to tunes that were already musical antiques. There is no way to tell how old a melody is but it is fun to contemplate. I think the Sumerians may have used a pentatonic scale like many bagpipe tunes are played in.
Many thanks for your insights Steven!
That’s amazing to think about… “There is no telling if we today are singing to a tune written by God Himself.” Wow!
Amen! I was quite stunned when it first occurred to me as well … I still haven’t gotten over it. :)
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