Today’s post will focus on a new hymn tune I composed for one of my absolute favorite texts. William Cowper’s relatively unknown text for ‘God Moves in a Mysterious Way‘ conjures up metaphors of nature that teach us that God has a plan in everything that happens, no matter what the seemingly frowning providence might be, God hides His smiling face. He has the birds-eye view while we only see what is happening here and now.
The C-minor tune has some Vaughn-Williams tenancies which I find to be appropriate for the English text. Not being a particular fan of picardy third endings, I still end the tune with a bright major sound that hopefully portrays the mystery of the text. I wouldn’t end each stanza with the bright, happy sound, perhaps just the 1st & last stanzas.
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