Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 62 · Across Languages and Borders · Page 88 in print
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Thomas Helmore paired J. M. Neale’s English translation with a melody associated with a different Latin hymn, helping form the familiar combination of words and tune.
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The words
Alpha
The first Greek letter used as a name for Christ.
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Archangels
The heavenly beings called to sing.
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Cathemerinon
The collection containing the original poem.
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Dressel
The editor of the Latin text used in 1905.
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Furley Davis
Roby Furley Davis, translator of the ninth hymn.
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Helmore
The musician who paired the English text and melody.
Melisma
Several notes sung to one syllable.
Nativity
The birth of Christ celebrated in the poem.
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Neumes
The early musical signs discussed in the tune’s notation.
Omega
The last Greek letter used as a name for Christ.
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Piae Cantiones
The 1582 song collection in the tune’s history.
Prudentius
The ancient Latin poet.
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Spain
His native country.
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Spondee
Another metrical unit used in the poem.
Trochee
A metrical unit used in the Latin poem.
Sources
- The Hymns of Prudentius translated by R. Martin PopeThe Hymns of Prudentius (1905), public-domain edition, R. Martin Pope and R. F. Davis
- Hymnus Omnis HoraeChris Fenner et al., Hymnology Archive