Old 100th
Old 100th | |
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by Louis Bourgeois | |
Genre | Hymn |
Written | 1551 |
Meter | 8.8.8.8 (L.M.) |
"Old 100th" or "Old Hundredth" (also known as "Old Hundred") is a hymn tune in long metre, from the second edition of the Genevan Psalter. It is one of the best known melodies in many occidental Christian musical traditions. The tune is usually attributed to the French composer Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510 – c. 1560).
Although the tune was first associated with
Background
The
Lyrics
The original lyrics set to this tune in the Genevan Psalter are a paraphrase of Psalm 134:
Or, in English translation:[4]
You faithful servants of the Lord,
sing out his praise with one accord,
while serving him with all your might
and keeping vigil through the night.
Unto his house lift up your hand
and to the Lord your praises send.
May God who made the earth and sky
bestow his blessings from on high.
Old 100th is commonly used to sing the lyrics that begin "All People That on Earth Do Dwell," Psalm 100, a version that originated in the Anglo-Genevan Psalter (1561) and is attributed to the Scottish clergyman William Kethe.[5] Kethe was in exile at Geneva at this time, as the Scottish Reformation was only just beginning. The first verse is as follows:[6]
All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with mirth, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
This version was sung at the
A hymn commonly sung to Old 100th is "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow," using the text often referred to as the
. The traditional text is:Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Modernized versions of that text are also widely used. The melody can be used for any hymn text in
Tune
The tune first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, coupled with French metrical text for Psalm 134. Over the years, the tune was sometimes rhythmically modified. Below it is as set by Johann Sebastian Bach in the final movement of his cantata Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (BWV 130).
In other works
- Voluntary on the Old Hundredth – also called The 100th Psalm tune. Set as a Lesson. This is an organ piece using the psalm tune as a theme, not unlike a chorale prelude, and was meant for church use. Authorship is somewhat dubious, the piece was either written by John Blow or his student Henry Purcell.
- "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir", a hymn in twelve stanzas by Dicimus grates tibi", for Michaelmas, is sung to the same tune (Zahn No. 368). Johann Sebastian Bach harmonized this hymn in the chorale cantata BWV 130, and in the four-part chorales BWV 326 and BWV 327.[11][12]
- Hubert Parry – Three Chorale Fantasias is based on the Old 100th.
- The Plow that Broke the Plains(1936).
- Paul Hindemith – quoted in his Trauermusik (January 1936).[13]
- St Nicolas
- David Maslanka – Symphony No. 4
- Frank Ticheli – Angels in the Architecture
- Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in C minor Op 66, 4th movement Finale
- Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Old 100th Psalm Tune ("All people that on earth do dwell") – originally composed for the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; with a brass fanfare and borrowing a fauxbourdon setting by John Dowland.[14]
- The 1893 song "The Volunteer Organist" by George Spaulding features the Old Hundredth in its refrain - it is played by the piano and is harmonised to an original vocal melody.
- In Huck Finnand Joe Harper at the funeral service being held for them after they had gone missing and were presumed dead.
- Patrick O'Brian makes frequent reference to it in his Aubrey–Maturin series of historical fiction novels, as being one of the traditional hymns sung by the sailors on Sundays.[15]
"Old Hundred" was the first work transmitted by telephone during Graham Bell first demo at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Boston, May 10, 1876).[16]
See also
References
- ^ Schuler, Dr. Louis E. "Duck". "History of the Genevan Psalter – Part 1". Credenda/Agenda, vol.13, no.1 (2007). Archived June 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Introduction to the Genevan Psalter". The Genevan Psalter. Archived from the original on 2010-03-28. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Havergal, William Henry (1854). A history of the old hundredth psalm tune, with specimens. Mason Brothers. p. 13.
- ^ "The Genevan Psalter". Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "William Kethe". The CyberHymnal. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ "All People that on Earth Do Dwell". Hymnary. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "Thomas Ken". The CyberHymnal. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow". The CyberHymnal. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ Church Publishing (1985). The Hymnal, 1982, Volume 2. Church Publishing, Inc. p. 380.
- ^ Hoʻonani i ka Makua mau at Hymnary.org; Hoʻonani i ka Makua mau at Huapala.org
- ^ Uwe Wolf (editor), Henry S. Drinker (translator). "Foreword", p. 4 in Johann Sebastian Bach: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (Lord God, we praise thee all of us) BWV 130 (Partitur/Full score). Carus, 2015
- ^ Luke Dahn. BWV 130.6 at bach-chorales
.com (2017) - ^ Michael Steinberg, The Concerto
- ISBN 978-0-19-354721-6. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ The Hundred Days, p.111 (Vol. Book 19) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) By Patrick O'Brian
- ^ Robert V. Bruce, Alexander Bell and the Conquest of Solitude, Cornell University Press, 1973, p.189.