I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Tonight (March 13), I attended a Lent service at a local Lutheran Church. We sang Joyous Light of Heavenly Glory. It is a 3rd Century Greek Hymn, paraphrased by Marty Haugen, who also composed the tune to it, JOYOUS LIGHT. It is #561 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
This may be the oldest melody we have of the oldest christian hymn.
Though John Sakellarides composition is popular and memorable, this original melody sung by Fr Dositheos is the most beautiful for me. In this I hear pure oral tradition uninterrupted by any later musical theories. This is something to cherish, I can never forget it. It is early christianity for the 21st century.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Tonight (March 13), I attended a Lent service at a local Lutheran Church. We sang Joyous Light of Heavenly Glory. It is a 3rd Century Greek Hymn, paraphrased by Marty Haugen, who also composed the tune to it, JOYOUS LIGHT. It is #561 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
mkl62 11 months ago
This may be the oldest melody we have of the oldest christian hymn.
Though John Sakellarides composition is popular and memorable, this original melody sung by Fr Dositheos is the most beautiful for me. In this I hear pure oral tradition uninterrupted by any later musical theories. This is something to cherish, I can never forget it. It is early christianity for the 21st century.
LiturgicalChants 1 year ago