You mean the English translation? Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence comes from the ancient Divine Liturgy of St. James.This is a very popular Communion hymn in the UK. We sing it all the time. It is actually Anglican penned.
Of course the English translation which is the hymn as sung.You mean the English translation? Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence comes from the ancient Divine Liturgy of St. James.
My point is that it’s not Anglican. It’s also a hymn sung in the Divine Liturgy of St. James, and may date as far back as the third century.Of course the English translation which is the hymn as sung.
I take it though, without the last verse…?This was our opening song at mass today, and it’s one of my favorite hymns. I’ve been playing this edition (Picardy melody, arr. John Rutter) for the past hour or so. Gives me chills every time, and wanted to share it.
youtube.com/watch?v=JpPm1cxy2B0
That is certainly its source and inspiration for the opening but the subsequent verses and trajectory were developed by Gerald Moultrie and then arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams, so it is an Anglican penned hymn based on ancient sources. Many hymns written before the 1960s took their source from ancient texts or Psalm paraphrases.My point is that it’s not Anglican. It’s also a hymn sung in the Divine Liturgy of St. James, and may date as far back as the third century.
I’m pretty sure they left out the last verse, but when I looked up lyrics, they were a little bit different, so I don’t really know.I take it though, without the last verse…?
All I know is the melody itself was taken from the French folk song Picardy.That is certainly its source and inspiration for the opening but the subsequent verses and trajectory were developed by Gerald Moultrie and then arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams, so it is an Anglican penned hymn based on ancient sources. Many hymns written before the 1960s took their source from ancient texts or Psalm paraphrases.
The only reason I ask is that the last verse has a jubilant expression of multiple Alleluia’s, which are, of course, verboten during Lent.I’m pretty sure they left out the last verse, but when I looked up lyrics, they were a little bit different, so I don’t really know.