Advent

[poliphilo]

I switch my mother's TV to Songs of Praise- and the opening hymn is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel- one of my (very few) favourites. I stop to listen- and find it only takes a little allegorising to fit the words to my current beliefs.

I've always loved Advent with its mix of medieval music and futurology.

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[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Old tune that!

It's genuine plainchant: 'veni veni emmanuel'



Some people mistakenly attribute it to Zoltan Kodaly. He set it but he didn't write the tune or the words.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The medievals were serious about their religion- and it shows in their music.