Talk:Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)

Choral song
That is a term I don't know. When I hear "song", I think of one voice with accompaniment. Wrong? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:56, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * In general, song denotes a melody and lyrics intended to be sung, not necessarily by one voice. Jmar67 (talk) 22:19, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * But - namely in the early version - the voices are independent, not "a melody", but several sung at the same time by the voices, which means you hear different bits of the text in the voices at any time. - I have trouble calling that a song. The later version could perhaps called that, because it's more or less a soprano melody harmonized. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:53, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I was not defending the use of song in this case and changed it to setting. I only wanted to counter the "one voice" assertion, which I may have misinterpreted. Jmar67 (talk) 08:12, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I know there are part songs, but never thought of the small differences in terms. They are exclusively secular, it seems. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:51, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you are associating song too closely with Lied. Jmar67 (talk) 08:58, 16 March 2020 (UTC)