Talk:Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

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October 2007

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"A great hymn text deserves majestic music. No one has ever disputed the musical worth of the tune for this hymn"

"This hymn undoubtedly ranks as one of the finest of all Watt's 600 or more hymns."

"considered to be one of the grandest in the whole realm of English hymnody"

Facts only, please.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.51.108.192 (talk)

article renamed

I moved "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" to "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past". Both wordings are current (depending largely on the denominational tradition of one's hymnal or its editor) and the original should therefore have priority. --Haruo (talk) 23:13, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Handel

a) Bach and Handel weren't 'later composers' - they were contemporaries of Croft. b) It's difficult to say whether in the Cannons Anthem 'O Praise the Lord with one consent', Handel's quoting the St Anne - he used a very similar phrase in a cantata he wrote in Italy in 1707! ('Tu fedel? Tu costante?') This is in the minor, and it is possible that he melded the two - but it's no more than speculation.Accipitres (talk) 19:23, 3 February 2015