Talk:Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt

Score
Thanks for the score! Gotteslob has it in F major (trying to avoid sending the congregation up higher than D), and in Wiesbaden, the organist begins even lower, and rises a half-note for every stanza (and I hate it). Now to my point: the note on "Heu-" (of "Heute") has been a third higher since I remember the song. Is that also just an adjustment to avoid the leap? ... which is likely. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Just tune your organ down to A=415? :) I don't, obviously, have German hymnbooks with me here in Canada. Anyway, the leap of a 6th is a more interesting interval as far as I'm concerned. I don't have perfect pitch, so I took a look at IMSLP for the tonality. I'll note that some choirs seem to sing it in a slightly varied way (, for example, as below - and indeed in G), and not only that but also slightly altering mes. 10 and 12 (similar to the IMSLP version I found):


 * It's likely this is just "different versions of a popular song whose transmission ultimately did not depend on written down scores..." RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 13:08, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sure. I just thought you'd be interested. So am I, thanks for the details! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 21 September 2021 (UTC)