National Anthem

David B · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 24, 2005, 10:53am

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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve

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Originally posted by David B

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Originally posted by bluezebra
These "pop" singers usually butcher the Anthem. A National Anthem should not be open to the singer's version. Listen the the PA announcer for the Cubs sing it. Listen to someone from Cleveland sing it. Heck, a singer from Canada (on the hockey games) sings it better. Listen to a military chorus sing it.

Tonight Lew Rawls even ADDED words that are not in the song.

'To Anacreon in Heaven. The origin of this tune is obscure, but it may have been written by John Stafford Smith, a British composer born in 1750.'

It was an old English drinking song.

Bob

So many of our songs that we know today have come from the pubs and the bars.

The familiar song "Amazing Grace" was a german pub song originally and you really would not even recognize the tune.

Same with so many of the other tunes.

People take an old tune, rearrange it and then it becomes familiar.

Thanks
David

Actually, "Amazing Grace" was written in 1779 by John Newton. He was an athiest slave trader, who, upon sailing in the Atlantic Ocean in 1748, found Gods's grace during a terrible storm that nearly shipwrecked him. He wrote the entire song, except for the last verse, which was added later.

This subject has been Pastor David Jeremiah's sermon messages for the past month. Check out archived services at http://www.shadowmountain.org

Guys, there's two parts to a song.

The tune - which is the actual notes to the song (these came from the original tune which has since been claimed to be an American tune from the old tunebooks)

The text - the words to the song.

Mr. Newton wrote the text to the song which has since been actually modified some depending on the hymnal.

Surely this is an umpires website, but with my masters in Church Music, I've spent most of my life studying - its very interesting actually ...

BTW, I love to hear David Jeremiah, acutally listen to their service on internet several times a month.

Thanks
David